Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 56448

Grazing Land: Biodiversity and Carbon Capture and Storage

Tabled: 2 June 2025
Answered: 10 June 2025

Question

Pippa Heylings

Liberal DemocratSouth Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of silvopastoral systems and holistic planned grazing practices to carbon sequestration and biodiversity enhancement.

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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