Natural disasters and environmental changes have their particularity, which is closely related to the history of the northern nationalities. At present, the collation and research of historical documents on natural disasters and ecological environment changes in the Mongolian Plateau are relatively weak and need to be carried out urgently, which will be beneficial to the construction of contemporary ecological civilization, especially the ecological governance and social development in Inner Mongolia.
The main living groups in the Mongolian Plateau are the northern grassland nationalities, and their main modes of production are nomadic and hunting. Like the farming people in the Central Plains, they are always plagued by famine, but nomadic people and farming people have different ways to fight famine, which is mainly based on the difference of natural ecological environment in the two regions.