In view of the characteristics of soil and water loss in development projects, methods using new technology for project monitoring are presented based on the analyses of current monitoring techniques and methods. The analyses and preliminary experiment indicate that dynamic change in landuse can be instantly monitored by applying RS technology. GPS can be used to monitor the volume of cinder and residue as well as their area covered besides positioning. The three-dimensional laser scanning machine can be used to precisely monitor the lost quantity from the cinder slope and the side slope of pipeline engineering works. The quantity of mine waste and earth excavated can be monitored by using the common digital-camera-based photographic survey technology.