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 communal wastewater management.
LEX-FAOC139384
National Waste 29/12/2016
NOM-004-SEMARNAT-2002: Especificaciones para aprovechamiento de lodos y biosólidos.
LEX-FAOC171439
National Waste 15/04/2003
Resolution of the Council of Ministers No. 46/2016 approving the National Strategy for Air Quality (ENAR 2020).
LEX-FAOC095444
National 26/08/2016
Notification on methods of sampling and analysis of water implementing Regulation on water pollution.
LEX-FAOC077085
National 10/10/2009
Décret n° 80-242 du 6 octobre 1980 déterminant le montant de la subvention pour l'acquisition des engrais chimiques destinés à la production agricole.
LEX-FAOC168510
National Agriculture 06/10/1980
Decree No. 13 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating the Regulation on setting water quality indices for surface waterbodies.
LEX-FAOC030282
National 30/03/2015
Agreement on the cooperation for the sustainable development of the Mekong River Basin.
LEX-FAOC011617
Regional 05/04/1995
Measures on Supervision of Exhaust Pollution from Automobiles.
LEX-FAOC063314
National Transport 15/08/1990
Letter of the Minister of Finance No. S-628/MK on distribution of interest on farmers business credits.
LEX-FAOC123399
National Agriculture 07/12/1998
Regulation on the waste catalog.
LEX-FAOC061584
National waste 03/08/2015

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