Current status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 11 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether its Chief Scientific Adviser for Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture has provided advice on the use of LiDAR technology to assess wildfire risk and, if so, whether it will publish any such advice.
The Scottish Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser for Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture (CSA ENRA) has not provided any specific advice on the use of LiDAR technology to assess wildfire risk. CSA ENRA led the development and implementation of the Scottish national land LiDAR programme and extensively engages with ministers on the development and use of LiDAR technology in Scotland more broadly.
In addition, science advisers working on behalf of CSA ENRA have engaged extensively with partners on the science of wildfire risk, including the early development work that has been done on LiDAR and Wildfire.