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
Law on the system of protected territories.
LEX-FAOC016867
National 07/03/1996
Country Areas Water Supply Act Bye-laws.
LEX-FAOC163632
Regional 29/04/1968
Regulation on types of installations which may cause significant pollution of individual natural elements or the whole environment.
LEX-FAOC134273
National 02/09/2014
Resolución Nº 187 - Reglamento para la producción primaria, procesamiento, empacado, etiquetado, almacenamiento, certificación, importación, comercialización de productos agropecuarios ecológicos.
LEX-FAOC172167
National Agriculture 31/07/2006
Water Act of Bhutan, 2011.
LEX-FAOC011293
National 31/05/2011
Waste Disposal Site Ordinance 2008.
LEX-FAOC111128
National waste
Loi-cadre du 29 décembre 1998 relative à la gestion de l'environnement.
LEX-FAOC105605
National 29/12/1998
Royal Decree determining the sectoral conditions for discharge of wastewater from the gelatin industry into ordinary surface waters and public sewers.
LEX-FAOC153177
National waste 02/10/1985
Air Pollution Control Law (Law No. 97 of 1968 as amended by Law No. 32 of 1996).
LEX-FAOC043112
National 1968-00-00
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan of Timor-Leste (2011-2020).
LEX-FAOC096033
National 2011-10

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