Permanent grasslands hold about a third of Earth’s terrestrial carbon, meaning they can’t be overlooked when we talk about slowing climate change, writes Gill Perkins. More grasslands, and especially more biodiverse ones, means more natural carbon storage. Yet instead of expanding these habitats, we risk losing them entirely.

Gill recently presented at the report from the Bilberry Bumblebee Project, one of the Stepping Stones projects.