Vegetationdegradationisrelatedtothestabilityandsuccessionprocessofecologicalsystems.Thispapercombedandscreenedtherecentnationalandinternationalresearchonvegetationdegradation,anddiscussedvegetationdegradationresearchintermsofselectionofreferenceecosystemforevaluation,selectionofevaluationindexsystemandtheselectionofevaluationmethods.Atlast,thedirectionofvegetationdegradationresearchwaspredictedandprospected.