This project will organise a network of scientists within APN member countries to exchange information regarding best practices concerning desertification control and degraded ecosystem restoration related to climate change and human dimensions. A workshop, held in will also be held in Yinchuan City, China, where the most effective techniques are implemented through international cooperation and multi-disciplinary information exchange, will provide new knowledge for understanding fundamental regulation and mechanisms of environment degradation in arid and semi-arid area, develop new scientific frameworks to interrelate human activities and global climate change, propose an integrate technical package to help policy-makers and local residents for sustainable ecosystem restorations.