At the southeastern edge of Tengger Desert in Inner Mongolia of northern China, grassland degradation usually occurs primarily due to improper management regimes in fragile environmental conditions. Over the last several decades, most sandy grasslands in this region have turned into shifting, semi-shifting and semi-fixed sandy lands, corresponding to severe, moderate and light degradation. To curb degradation and alleviate the impacts of degradation on environment and human life in this region, the central ...