Editing Acid rain (section)

===International treaties===
[[File:Acid Rain box -  23 (49753937638).jpg|thumb|Governmental action to combat the effects of acid rain]]
International treaties on the long-range transport of atmospheric pollutants have been agreed upon by western countries for some time now. Beginning in 1979, European countries convened in order to ratify general principles discussed during the UNECE Convention. The purpose was to combat Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Convention and its achievements {{!}} UNECE|url=https://unece.org/convention-and-its-achievements|access-date=2021-10-22|website=unece.org}}</ref> The [[1985 Helsinki Protocol on the Reduction of Sulfur Emissions]] under the [[Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution]] furthered the results of the convention. Results of the treaty have already come to fruition, as evidenced by an approximate 40 percent drop in particulate matter in North America.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Moses|first1=Elizabeth|last2=Cardenas|first2=Beatriz|last3=Seddon|first3=Jessica|date=February 25, 2020|title=The Most Successful Air Pollution Treaty You've Never Heard Of|url=https://www.wri.org/insights/most-successful-air-pollution-treaty-youve-never-heard}}</ref> The effectiveness of the Convention in combatting acid rain has inspired further acts of international commitment to prevent the proliferation of particulate matter. Canada and the US signed the [[Air Quality Agreement]] in 1991. Most European countries and Canada signed the treaties. Activity of the Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Convention remained dormant after 1999, when 27 countries convened to further reduce the effects of acid rain.<ref>{{Cite web|title=International Agreements on Acid Rain|url=http://www.enviropedia.org.uk/Acid_Rain/International_Agreements.php|access-date=2021-10-22|website=enviropedia.org.uk|archive-date=October 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022013359/http://www.enviropedia.org.uk/Acid_Rain/International_Agreements.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2000, foreign cooperation to prevent acid rain was sparked in Asia for the first time. Ten diplomats from countries ranging throughout the continent convened to discuss ways to prevent acid rain.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 26, 2000|title=Talks start to form network to monitor Asia's acid rain|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2000/10/26/national/talks-start-to-form-network-to-monitor-asias-acid-rain/|access-date=2021-10-22|website=The Japan Times}}</ref> Following these discussions, the Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia (EANET) was established in 2001 as an intergovernmental initiative to provide science-based inputs for decision makers and promote international cooperation on acid deposition in East Asia.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Totsuka |first1=Tsumugu |last2=Sase |first2=Hiroyuki |last3=Shimizu |first3=Hideyuki |title=Major activities of acid deposition monitoring network in East Asia (EANET) and related studies |journal=Plant Responses to Air Pollution and Global Change |date=2005 |pages=251–259 |doi=10.1007/4-431-31014-2_28 |isbn=978-4-431-31013-6 }}</ref> In 2023, the EANET member countries include Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam.<ref>"EANET National Focal Points" https://www.eanet.asia/about/national-focal-points/ retrieved February 16, 2023.</ref>