Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 18535

Carbon Emissions: Agriculture and Land Use

Tabled: 9 December 2024

Answered: 6 January 2025

Question

George Freeman

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to use earth observation data to help support the (a) measurement, (b) monitoring and (c) setting of (i) agricultural, (ii) landfill and (iii) land use contributions t

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

Remote sensing technologies have increasing potential to provide cost-effective solutions for monitoring land use changes, gas leaks, and population density. Defra is examining the feasibility of employing Earth observation techniques for the monitoring a...

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