Nature based solutions to Climate Change in the UK

​The recent British Ecological Society's 2021 report on on nature-based solutions for climate change in the UK has interesting statistics on the restoration to chalk grasslands:

​“Restoring permanent grassland via reversion from improved grassland or arable land, including the restoration of wet or chalk grasslands as part of a varied mosaic style landscape, can positively impact biodiversity and reduce GHG emissions. For example, figures from the UK Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) GHG inventory indicate that conversion of arable land to grassland has the potential for removing 8.72 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2 ) per hectare per year (t.CO2 /ha/yr) across the UK.1  In contrast, conversion of grassland to arable land can result in net emissions of 14.29 megatons (Mt.CO2 e/ha/yr)1”

https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/policy/nature-based-solutions/​