The implementation of ecological protection in Inner Mongolia has slowed down grassland degradation.

ABSTRACT: The Inner Mongolia grassland has been facing critical degradation. To combat this issue, China has launched a series of ecological restoration programs since the early 2000s to promote the recovery of degraded grasslands (e.g., the Beijing-Tianjin Wind/Sand Source Control Program, the Grazing Withdrawal Project, and the Ecological Compensation Policy). However, the long-term effects of these measures on the recovery of the Inner Mongolia grassland still need further evaluation. To quantitatively assess the grassland degradation status and dynamics, we utilized long-term remote sensing datasets (GIMMS NDVI and MODIS NDVI) from 1982 to 2020 to calculate the fractional vegetation cover (FVC, the ratio of vegetation canopy's vertical projection area to the unit area) and grassland degradation

SUBMITTER: Zheng H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12744664 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature