To collectively address the issue, the Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia or EANET was established in 2001 as an intergovernmental regional network for promoting cooperation among countries in East Asia. The network facilitates intergovernmental collaboration among thirteen participating countries: Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russia, Thailand and Viet Nam.
UN Environment serves as Secretariat for the EANET to carry out coordination, communication and intergovernmental relation functions as agreed by the Intergovernmental (IG) Meeting. Moreover, the Asia Center for Air Pollution Research (ACAP) based in Niigata, Japan, plays the role of the Network Center for the EANET to provide support on technical and scientific aspects.
One of EANET's core activities is monitoring. For that reason, EANET pays serious attention to strengthening the capacity of monitoring officers and researchers of participating countries. EANET offers various capacity development programmes for participating countries on a regular basis through training, joint research programmes, research fellowship and workshops.
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