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
Decree on protection of nature and landscape.
LEX-FAOC137391
Regional
Ministerial Decree No. 881 on the validation of maximum impacts on water bodies.
LEX-FAOC098631
National 30/12/2006
Regulation on Emission Ceilings for certain Pollutants in the Republic of Croatia.
LEX-FAOC071519
National 27/11/2008
Law of the People's Republic of China on Agricultural Product Quality Safety.
LEX-FAOC123544
National Agriculture 29/04/2006
Decree No. 43/2015/ND-CP providing the establishment and management of water source protection corridors.
LEX-FAOC079440
National 06/05/2015
Biodiversity Strategy.
LEX-FAOC023138
National 2011-02
Política Nacional de Diversidad Biológica.
LEX-FAOC138367
National 2011
Order No. 95 on environment-related subsidy.
LEX-FAOC128366
National Agriculture 28/01/2010
Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-165-SEMARNAT-2013: Que establece la lista de sustancias sujetas a reporte para el registro de emisiones y transferencia de contaminantes.
LEX-FAOC139259
National 13/01/2014
Loi n°62/2008 fixant les règles d'utilisation, de conservation, de protection et de gestion des ressources en eau.
LEX-FAOC012253
National 10/09/2008

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