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
Resolution No. 35/2016 approving the Cape Verde National Protected Areas Strategy (ENAP), general policy to all National Network of Protected Areas (RNAP).
LEX-FAOC032443
National 17/03/2016
Decree containing general provisions on environmental policy.
LEX-FAOC167868
Regional
Decreto Nº 111 - Ley Ambiental para el Desarrollo Sustentable del Estado de Michoacán de Ocampo.
LEX-FAOC088032
Regional 07/02/2013
Royal Decree No. 506/2013 - On fertilizer products.
LEX-FAOC160390
National Agriculture 28/06/2013
Decree No. 6 of 2002 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Water Management on pollution standards of surface waters used for potable water abstraction or destined to be a potable water basis, as well as of surface waters marked out for assuring the essential conditions of fishes, and on the control of these standards.
LEX-FAOC126041
National 05/11/2002
Law on air protection.
LEX-FAOC024695
National
Climate Change (Emissions Rulings: Fees and Charges) Regulations, 2010.
LEX-FAOC066812
National 26/07/2010
Stratégie Nationale pour le Développement de l’Utilisation de l’Engrais à Madagascar (SNE)
LEX-FAOC090861
National Agriculture 2006
Reglamento nacional de descarga y reutilización de aguas residuales.
LEX-FAOC002521
National 2009
Ley Nº 246 - Ley Para establecer la política pública sobre Mitigación del Calentamiento Global en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico.
LEX-FAOC151416
Regional 10/08/2008

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