Introduction 
  The impact of economic globalization and global change on human sustainable development has been more and more perceptible since the 21st century. Northeast Asia is one of the important regions affecting the sustainable development of the world because of richer natural resources, better environment condition and larger potential for economic development.
  Due to historical and geopolitical reasons, the cooperation among Northeast Asia region is progressing at a quite slow speed. Problems such as gaps of regional economy, environment and social development closely related to each other within Northeast Asia. It is of vital importance to strengthen co-operations among countries and take effective measures to solve these problems. This conference will attract talents of relevant fields to discuss issues on resources, environment and sustainable development in Northeast Asia region, try to work out adaptable measures to these problems, promote the cooperation, prosperity and regional sustainable development in Northeast Asia.
Objective
  The conference will provide a forum for researchers in the international community to exchange ideas on resources, environment, and sustainable development in Northeast Asia.
Topics:
  Political and economic cooperation within Northeast Asia has continued to deepen and confront the same problems such as resources, environment and regional sustainable development. The major topics of the conference include:
  Ø The trans-boundary protection and sustainable utilization of water resources, land resources, wetland, forest and wild animal;
  Ø Environmental problems and adaptive management due to the land use and land cover change, water quality evolution and water pollution, industrialization and  urbanization;
  Ø The strategies for economy revitalization, urbanization and urban transition, modern agriculture and rural development.
   
Time and Main Agenda for the Meeting
  Venue: Changchun, P. R. China
  Forum time: June 10 - 15, 2014 
  Agenda:
|   Day 1 |   June 10, 2014 |   Registration | 
| Day 2-3 |   June 11-12, 2014 |   Opening ceremony and plenary,Keynote speech, discussion | 
| Day 4-6 |   June 13-15, 2014 |   Scientific Expedition inChangbai Mountain | 
Working languages
  English
   
The Organizing Committee:
  Chair: 
  Prof. Xingyuan He, Director General, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology CAS
  Prof. Petre Y. Baklanov,Full Member of the RAS, Director, Pacific Geographical Institute, RAS 
  Prof. Boris A. Voronov, Corresponding Member of the RAS, Director, Institute of Water and Ecology Problems, RAS
  Vice-chairs:          
  Prof. Pingyu Zhang, Deputy Director, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, CAS
  Prof. Ermoshin Victor, Deputy Director, Pacific Geographical Institute, RAS
  Prof. Alexei N. Makhinov, Deputy Director, Institute of Water and Ecology Problems, RAS
  Prof. Mariya V. Kryukova, Deputy Director, Institute of Water and Ecology Problems, RAS
  Prof. Marian Tudor,Deputy Director, Danube Delta National Institute for Research and Development, Romania
  Dr. Zhongyan Xie, Director, Changbai Mountain Management Committee
  Prof. Kelin Chen, Director, Wetland International China 
  Prof. Jiang Feng, Deputy Director, Northeast Normal University
  Prof. Jimin Zhao, Director, Changchun Normal University
  Prof. Ying Nan, Yanbian University
  Executive Secretary:  
  Dr. Ming Jiang, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, CAS
  Dr. Alexey Lankin, Pacific Geographical Institute, RAS
  Dr. Tatiana Tolkachova, Institute of Water and Ecology Problems, RAS 
  Dr. Yanji Ma, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, CAS
  Members (In alphabetical order):
  Prof. Zongming Wang, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, CAS
  Prof. Yang Wang, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, CAS
  Prof. Jinda Wang, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, CAS
  Prof. Chunguang He, Northeast Normal University
  Prof. Changchun Song, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, CAS
  Prof. Baixing Yan, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, CAS
  Dr. Vladimir V. Chakov, Institute of Water and Ecology Problems, RAS 
  Dr. Vladimir I. Kim, Institute of Water and Ecology Problems, RAS 
  Dr. Mingxing Cui, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, CAS
  Dr. Huicong Cao, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, CAS
Academic Committee:
  Chair:
  Prof. Petre Y. Baklanov, Full Member of the RAS, Director, Pacific Geographical Institute, RAS 
  Prof. Xingtu Liu, Academician, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, CAS
  Prof. Boris A. Voronov, RAS Corresponding Member, Director, Institute of Water and Ecology Problems, RAS 
  Vice-chairs:
  Prof. Xingyuan He, Director General, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, CAS
  Prof. Alexei N. Makhinov, Deputy Director, Institute of Water and Ecology Problems, RAS
  Prof. Mariya V. Kryukova, Deputy Director, Institute of Water and Ecology Problems, RAS 
  Prof. Sangmin Nam, Deputy Director, Office for East and North-East Asia, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific of United Nations.
  Prof. Lianxi Sheng, Northeast Normal University
  Prof. Cai Chen, Northeast Normal University
  Prof. Xingguo Han, Director, Institute of Applied Ecology, CAS
  Prof. Guirui Yu, Deputy Director, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS
  Prof. Guixin Qin, Director, Jilin Agricultural Univercity
  Prof. Peng Gong, Director, Center for Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, China 
  Members (In alphabetical order):
  Prof. Zoya G. Mirzhekhanova, Institute of Water and Ecology Problems, RAS 
  Prof. Zonov Yuri, Far East Federal University, Vladivostok
  Prof. Zongming Wang, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, CAS
  Prof. Zhengfang Wu, Northeast Normal University
  Prof. Zhanqing Hao, Institute of Applied Ecology, CAS
  Prof. Ying Nan, Yanbian University
  Prof. Yanji Ma, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, CAS
  Prof. Xianguo Lu, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, CAS
  Prof. Svetlana D. Schlotgauer, Institute of Water and Ecology Problems, RAS
  Prof. Shuguang Liu, Director, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University 
  Prof. Shijie Han, Institute of Applied Ecology, CAS
  Prof. Pingyu Zhang, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, CAS
  Prof. Nickolai A. Ryabinin, Institute of Water and Ecology Problems, RAS
  Prof. Ming Jiang, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, CAS
  Prof. Lyubov M. Kondratjeva, Institute of Water and Ecology Problems, RAS
  Prof. Jimin Zhao, Director, Changchun Normal University
  Prof. Jie Tang, Jilin University
  Prof. Jiang Feng, Deputy Director, Northeast Normal University
  Prof. Hongyan Zhang, Northeast Normal University
  Prof. Deli Wang, Northeast Normal University
  Prof. Chunliang Xiu, Northeast Normal University
  Prof. Changchun Song, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, CAS
  Prof. Brovko Petr, Far East Federal University, Vladivostok
  Prof. Baixing Yan, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, CAS
  Prof. Bai Zhang, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, CAS
  Dr. Karakin, Pacific Geographical Institute, RAS 
  Dr. Bocharnikov, Pacific Geographical Institute, RAS
Registration
  Participants should log in the conference website to register before March 1, 2014. 
   
Registration Fee
  The fee of 100 dollars for participants in presence and 50 dollars for post graduate students should be paid in cash at the registration. The payment details will be indicated in the 2nd circular. Registration fee includes conference participation and materials.
   
Requirements for Papers
  Papers should be copyrighted materials within 7 pages (A4 format), including figures, tables and references. Please use Times New Roman (12 point) with single space lines (Format RTF), page margins of 25 mm and paragraph break of 12.5 mm. References in the text are indicated with the reference number in square brackets. Title of the paper (bolded capitals), author’s name and affiliation are written followed by next line. The paper should contain abstracts not exceeding 700 characters.
  Full-text papers should be emailed before March 1, 2014 as attached files to: nea_paper@iga.ac.cn.
   
Special Issue
  The Academic Committee retains the right to deny applications and materials inconsistent with conference topics. Papers approved by the Academic Committee will be published in a volume of Conference Proceedings with a CD after the conference.
  The academic committee will select some excellent papers to publish a special issue in CHINESE GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCE, which is indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-E).
   
Field Scientific Expedition 
  Field scientific expedition to Changbai Mountain and Longwan wetland will be organized for conference participants. Detailed information will be announced in the second circular.
   
Contact Information:
  Email: nea@iga.ac.cn
  Telephone: +86 431 85542263, +86 431 85542267
  Address: 4888 Shengbei Street, Changchun 130102, P. R. China