Abstract：The macroscopic monitoring for soil erosion, or "Regional soil erosion monitoring" is the very data basis for making strategic decision and relevant research of regional soil and water conservation. A brief review on the recent progress and history of Macroscopic monitoring for soil erosion is given, and also the characteristics of macroscopic monitoring on the issues of monitoring scale, method, and managerial system is discussed. It showed that Soil Erosion is severe in China, the macroscopic monitoring for soil erosion possess the essentiality and important status for the soil and water conservation.
2003, Vol. 1 
