The natural habitat of community interest 62C0* Ponto-Sarmatic steppes allows the preservation in ROSCI0201 Podișul Nord-Dobrogean protected area of several rare species in danger of becoming extinct due to anthropogenic pressures in particular. In order to recommend effective management measures for biodiversity conservation, it was necessary to investigate the past and current level of degradation of the herbaceous layer of these steppe grasslands and the main factors of anthropogenic impact. Prior to conducting field research activity in 2019, two reference works were studied regarding the phytocoenosis of the steppe grasslands from Babadag Plateau (1970) and Casimcei Plateau (1975) as an integral part of the Podișul Nord-Dobrogean protected area, the information being used to evaluate the productivity of the grasslands for that period. Generally speaking, the productivity of plant associations from Festucion rupicolae alliance is higher than that of plant associations from Pimpinello-Thymion zygioidi alliance and the grasslands of Babadag, closer to the Black Sea and the Danube Delta, are more valuable than those from Casimcei Plateau, located west of the sea shore in a drier climate. From the synthesis of the 152 surveys of 62C0* Ponto-Sarmatic steppes habitat, carried out in 2019, a list of 350 plant species was compiled, of which 44 species belong to Poaceae Family, 23 species belong to Fabaceae and 283 species to other families. Of these plants, 24 species are rare with protection status, eight are native expansive species and nine are alien plant species with different characteristics regarding their invasive potential. The pastoral value of the herbaceous layer is considered poor (23.5), the grass production is 2.72 t/ha useful plant biomass which allows a rather low optimal stocking rate, of only 0.23 Livestock Unit (LU)/ha for a 185-day grazing season. Compared to the average productivity of the grasslands of Babadag and Casimcea from 45-50 years ago, the pastoral value decreased by 0.15% per year, the production of useful grass and the stocking rate (optimal loading of livestock) by 0.5% per year, mainly due to the permanent overgrazing. The current stocking rate for pastures from the 20 localities of the studied area is 1.06 LU/ha, exceeding 4.6 times the optimal load evaluated on the basis of floristic plot and 3.1 times the projected load recommended by the plans developed for grazing. For these reasons, in order to preserve biodiversity and landscapes, we propose to regulate grazing in https://biblioteca-digitala. ro/https://icemtl. ro