Grasslands

Campaign for a Sustainable Planet Campaign for a Sustainable Planet: Grasslands

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From the rolling prairies of North America to the sun-struck savannas of Africa, grasslands have supported human life for millions of years. Today, they are home to some 800 million people.

But grasslands are the least protected, most threatened terrestrial habitat type on Earth. Housing developments, row crops, energy and infrastructure development, invasive species, altered fire regimes and groundwater extraction are rapidly eating away at these landscapes.

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Mongolian Steppe and Tibetan Plateau

Spotlight Project

Mongolian Steppe and Tibetan Plateau
The largest temperate grasslands in the world support unique wildlife and an ancient nomadic culture. Learn more.

Campaign Projects: Grasslands

The Nature Conservancy is working with partners to protect Earth's remaining intact grasslands and the traditional ways of life they support through the following projects:

Forests Case Statement

Grasslands Case Statement

Find out more about all of the Conservancy's priority grasslands projects. Download our case statement.
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Map of Our Grasslands Projects

See a map of our grassland projects around the world.

Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Photos © Jim Richardson/National Geographic Society (Spring wildflowers blooming on prairie, Kansas); © Wayne Ostlie (Mongolian Steppe); © Sanjayan/TNC (Case Statement)