Nitrogen Policies
This database compiles 2,726 nitrogen policies from 186 countries, sourced from the ECOLEX database and other databases, as originally provided for the publication by Kanter et al, 2020 and subsequently extended for South Asia by the GCRF South Asian Nitrogen Hub by Yang et al. 2022 (966 N policies). The database is searchable by country, keyword, date, policy instrument, economic sector and geographical scale.
References
Kanter et al. (2020) Gaps and opportunities in nitrogen pollution policies around the world. Nat Sustain, 3, pp.956–963.
Anastasia L Yang et al. (2022) Policies to combat nitrogen pollution in South Asia: gaps and opportunities. Environ. Res. Lett. 17 025007.
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| Policy Title | ECOLEX Ref ID | Scale | Sector | Date of Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order No. 863 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology validating Regulation on state registration of legal persons and individual entrepreneurs that are owners of the sources of emissions of pollutants to the atmospheric air. |
LEX-FAOC036279 |
National | 26/10/2011 | |
| Hazardous Water Plants Ordinance. |
LEX-FAOC114762 |
Regional | ||
| Notifiaction on sensitive and less sensitive areas implementing the regulation on urban waste water treatment. |
LEX-FAOC104567 |
National | Waste | 27/06/2009 |
| Decree of 11 June 2001 on waste classification to the Green Waste List, th Amber Waste List and the Red Waste List and on document specimens required for the shipment of waste. |
LEX-FAOC051575 |
National | waste | 11/06/2001 |
| Public Water Supply System Regulations (Chapter 2401-51). |
LEX-FAOC075181 |
National | 26/05/1996 | |
| Regulation on Emission Ceilings for certain Pollutants in the Republic of Croatia. |
LEX-FAOC071519 |
National | 27/11/2008 | |
| Order No. 93 on subsidy for maintaining changed drainage. |
LEX-FAOC111976 |
National | Agriculture | 28/01/2010 |
| Strategic Plan for the Transformation of Agriculture in Rwanda Phase III. |
LEX-FAOC068257 |
National | Agriculture | 2013 |
| Decision No. 529/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on accounting rules on greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities relating to land use, land-use change and forestry and on information concerning actions relating to those activities. |
LEX-FAOC044306 |
National | 21/05/2013 | |
| Resolution No. 108-2017-MINAM ─ Guide for the determination of the mixing zone and the evaluation of the impact of a discharge of treated wastewater to a natural body of water. |
LEX-FAOC142516 |
National | waste | 11/05/2017 |