Including the closely related terms land management, and agricultural land.
… electricity generation such as solar PV farms • Carbon sequestration through land management, woodland creation, and tree planting. For context, as a rough estimate, offsetting the Council’s remaining 2018/19 CO2e emissions (after all other measures are applied) would require conversion of around 170 hectares (1.7 square kilometres) of low-grade agricultural land to sustainably managed woodland.3…
…%. Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) activities result in a significant net removal of atmospheric CO2e, and in 2017 this had the effect of reducing total emissions by around 17.5%. This reflects the relatively rural character of the District, which includes large areas of woodland. Figure 1: Wealden District CO2e emissions by sector and fuel type in 2017 Note that the BEIS…
… to identify the most appropriate and cost-effective opportunities, but these could include: • Investing in off-site renewable electricity generation such as solar PV farms • Carbon sequestration through land management, woodland creation, and tree planting Wealden District Council Projections Emissions form the Council’s own operations for the year 2018/19 and the projected cumulative impacts…