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
Guideline No. 6 approving the methodology of the Environmental Impact Assessment.
LEX-FAOC144178
National 27/12/2006
Regulation on the conditions and application form to exercise the right of fertilizer subsidies.
LEX-FAOC053079
National Agriculture 09/04/2014
Regulation on Preventing Water Pollution.
LEX-FAOC038964
National 15/12/1984
Order No. 45 of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources validating the List of pollutants for the determination of the chemical status of the water files of surface water and groundwater and the environmental potential of an artificial or substantially modified surface waterbody.
LEX-FAOC041653
National 06/02/2017
Regional Law No. 106-KZ “On some issues of protection of the atmospheric air”.
LEX-FAOC147679
Regional
Order under section 23A of the National Environmental Act, 1980.
LEX-FAOC117996
National Waste 14/01/2008
Import and Export of Goods (Control) (Guernsey) (Amendment No. 3) Order 2001 (G.S.I. No. 9 of 2001).
LEX-FAOC090918
Regional 02/03/2001
Agriculture and Articulate a Future Vision and Action Plan for Agricultural Revival.
LEX-FAOC072610
National Agriculture 2008
Ministerial Decree No. 63 on approval of rules for state control in the area of protection of atmospheric air.
LEX-FAOC015811
National 15/04/2002
Law No. 12.377 amending Law No. 10.431 and Law No. 11.612 on Biodiversity Protection and Water Resources.
LEX-FAOC055039
Regional 28/12/2011

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