Preliminary analysis of IT application to soil and water conservation in the Yangtze valley

Along with the vigorous development of the soil and water conservation cause in Yangtze river basin, contradictions caused by lagging information work are increasingly conspicuous. This paper discusses existing problems, necessity and urgency, construction methods etc. of the information construction. A monitoring and management information system for soil and water conservation should be established in such a way that it will rely on the water conservancy information network, fully make use of the Yangtze river basin soil and water conservation monitoring network under construction, take key soil and water loss areas and key soil and water conservation areas as main objects, and can cover all the soil and water loss areas of the river basin and serve various management levels of soil and water conservation. This information construction must remarkably raise the scientifical and technological content of the soil and water conservation in Yangtze river basin, promote further development of the work and better serve the society.