

Important strategies include: increasing recognition of grasslands in global policy developing standardized indicators of degradation using scientific innovation for effective restoration at regional and landscape scales and enhancing knowledge transfer and data sharing on restoration experiences.

Socio-ecological solutions are needed to combat degradation and promote restoration. In this Perspective, we examine the current state of global grasslands and explore the extent and dominant drivers of their degradation. Yet, grasslands are largely ignored in sustainable development agendas.

Grasslands are under severe threat from ongoing degradation, undermining their capacity to support biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being.
