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
Supreme Decree No. 004-2017-MINAM ─ Approves Environmental Quality Standards (ECA) for Water.
LEX-FAOC019914
 		National 06/06/2017
Water Law.
LEX-FAOC150395
 		National 13/11/2006
Stratégie et Plan d’Actions de l’Initiative Grande Muraille Verte au Burkina Faso (SPA/IGMV).
LEX-FAOC105923
 		Regional Agriculture 2012
General (O. Reg. 287/07).
LEX-FAOC123861
 		Regional
Ministerial Decree No. 1154 validating the Regulation on issuing of environmental pollution permits.
LEX-FAOC168836
 		National 06/09/2001
Government Decree on the Remediation of Certain Environmental Damages (No. 713 of 2009).
LEX-FAOC111998
 		National 24/09/2009
Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation.
LEX-FAOC170741
 		National Agriculture 18/04/1999
Resolución Nº 935 - Métodos para la evaluación de emisiones contaminantes por fuentes fijas y número de pruebas para la medición.
LEX-FAOC041706
 		National 20/04/2011
Gujarat Water Supply and Sewerage Board Act, 1978 (No. 18 of 1979).
LEX-FAOC137639
 		National Waste 06/06/1979
Decision No.74/2001/QD-BNN adding 09 kinds of fertilizer to the list of fertilizers permitted for use and circulation in Vietnam.
LEX-FAOC070486
 		National Agriculture 10/08/2001

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