Organise a network of scientists within APN countries to exchange information regarding best practices concerning desertification control and degraded ecosystem restoration related to climate change and human dimensions; hold a workshop in Yinchuan City, China where the most effective techniques are implemented, through international cooperation and multi-disciplinary information exchange, 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.