牧区草场是自然资源宝库，实现生态平衡的屏障，也是牧区牧民生活的依靠。中国是草场资源丰富的国家，也是草场退化严重的国家。牧区可持续发展关系到国家生态安全，民族地区社会和谐与稳定以及地区经济发展。通过对国内外牧区可持续发展理论进行梳理与归纳，指出当前研究的主要领域与未来发展趋势。

China is a country with rich grassland, grassland degradation serious country. Sustainable development of pastoral areas related to the national ecological safety, ethical region society stability as well as economy development. Based on the domestic and international theories and summarized, pointing out that the current main research field and future development trend.