Kobresia tibetica swamping grassland resources and its protection in Qinghai

According to field investigation, the distribution, structure of community and degradation characteristics of Kobresia tibetica grassland in Qinghai were analyzed; the degradation of K. tibetica swamping grassland was caused by both climate warming and humans unreasonable production and operation activities. Basis on the causes of degradation and local actual situations, some measures were suggested that ecological protection engineering should be implemented, purpose and style of grassland utilization should be changed, enclosure should be carried out, rushing gully should be controlled and research should be strengthened in order to protect and recover K. tibetica swamping grassland.