questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using grass pasture for carbon storage.
answerText: Defra is informed by work in its advisory bodies on this topic. Natural England produced an assessment of carbon storage by different habitats in 2021 and found that old species-rich grasslands with minimal inputs can store significant amounts of carbon. ...
heading: Grazing Land: Carbon Capture and Storage