First announcement and call for papers International Conference RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENT AND REGIONAL

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHEAST ASIA

10 - 15 June, 2014, Changchun

IGA

Sponsored by

Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, CAS Pacific Geographical Institute，FEBRAS Institute for Water and Ecology Problems, FEBRAS

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:  The trans-boundary protection and sustainable utilization of water resources, land resources, wetland, forest and wild animal;  Environmental problems and adaptive management due to the land use and land cover change, water quality evolution and water pollution, industrialization and urbanization;  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. Forum time: June 10 - 15, 2014 Agenda: Day 1 June 10, 2014 Registration Opening ceremony and plenary, Keynote speech, Day 2-3 June 11-12, 2014 discussion Day 4-6 June 13-15, 2014 Scientific Expedition in Changbai Mountain

Working languages English

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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. 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

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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, Agricultural Univercity

Prof. Peng Gong, Director, Center for Earth System Science, , China

Members (In alphabetical order):

Prof. Zoya G. Mirzhekhanova, Institute of Water and Ecology Problems, RAS Prof. Zonov Yuri, Far East Federal University, Vladivostok

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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,

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,

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

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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: [email protected].

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: [email protected] Telephone: +86 431 85542263, +86 431 85542267 Address: 4888 Shengbei Street, Changchun 130102, P. R. China

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