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
Fertilizers Ordinance 2004.
LEX-FAOC009567
National Agriculture
Sewer Use Regulations (Resolution No. 51-1971).
LEX-FAOC149636
National Waste 25/05/1971
Decree on the use of sediment on agricultural land.
LEX-FAOC042952
National Agriculture 05/08/2009
Public Water Supply Regulations (R.R.N.W.T.1990, c. P-23).
LEX-FAOC012105
Regional
Regulation on the limit values for emissions of air pollutants from stationary sources.
LEX-FAOC087598
National 18/12/1997
Decision No. 60/2004/QD-BCN approving the Scheme on Development of the chemical industry till 2010 in service of agricultural and rural industrialization and modernization"."
LEX-FAOC030886
National Agriculture 15/07/2004
Public and Environmental Health Act, 2015 (No. 1 of 2015).
LEX-FAOC152339
National 22/04/2015
Agriculture and Articulate a Future Vision and Action Plan for Agricultural Revival.
LEX-FAOC072610
National Agriculture 2008
Decreto Nº 133-96: Ley de creación de la Autoridad para el Manejo Sustentable del Lago de Atitlán y su Entorno.
LEX-FAOC033692
Regional 17/12/1996
Marine Pollution Act 1974 (No. 14 of 1974).
LEX-FAOC011220
National 06/04/1974

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