Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 47934

Grazing Land: Biodiversity and Carbon Capture and Storage

Tabled: 24 April 2025
Answered: 12 May 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

Liberal DemocratNewton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) silvopastoral and (b) holistic planned grazing practices to enhance (i) carbon sequestration and (ii) biodiversity.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
All prospective Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme offers were assessed for their potential impact against a range of environmental and cultural services, including carbon sequestration and biodiversity indicators. The assessment was based on a co...

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