There is a high rate of land utilization in Shanxi Province

In all the loess hilly land

a influence of cultivated activities caused by human is shown. In high and middle mountain region，forest cover has been damaged seriously. grass land degenerated

and the minority of land in plain has been used for basic agricultural land. Thus

this has led todeterioration of ecological system

frequent disasters

and serious loss of soil and water

This average sediment transport into the Yellow River and the Haihe River has reached 456 million ton/yr in this province. The land is the foundaLion of life

and the key to economical growth. To protect land resources land make comprehensive scientific development are current important task。