What research is the Welsh Government undertaking to measure and assess existing carbon sequestration from grasses and hedgerows?
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
| Answered on 30/05/2024
Through the ERAMMP National Field Survey the Welsh Government is undertaking extensive monitoring of soil carbon. Monitoring soil carbon will allow the Welsh Government to calculate emissions and sequestration of carbon to and from a range of habitats including improved and semi-improved grasslands.
The Welsh Government are actively engaging with the UK Green House Gas Inventory improvement programme, this includes research to better quantify the contribution hedgerows can make in mitigating climate change.