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
Decision of Special Designated Presidential Representatives on pesticide importations.
LEX-FAOC086381
National Agriculture 04/01/1998
Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act (S.B.C. 2014, c. 29).
LEX-FAOC081564
Regional 06/07/1905
Ordonnance du DETEC sur les émissions des aéronefs (OEmiA).
LEX-FAOC077884
National Transport
Sub-Decree No. 35 on creation of a National Committee for Managing Climate Change.
LEX-FAOC060853
National 24/04/2006
Regulation No. 253 on the organization of the Chemical Fertilizers Control Service.
LEX-FAOC162016
National Agriculture 18/05/2000
Order of 15 February 2016 on non-hazardous waste storage facilities.
LEX-FAOC065023
National waste
Regulation on maximum allowable concentration of pollutants in the atmospheric air in the area of growing of forest forming species.
LEX-FAOC033613
National 10/05/1995
Public Water Supply System Regulations (Chapter 2401-51).
LEX-FAOC075181
National 26/05/1996
Arrêté relatif à la constitution des dossiers mentionnés aux articles 4, 5, 20 et 22 du décret nº 89-3 du 3 janvier 1989 modifié concernant les eaux destinées à la consommation humaine, à l'exclusion des eaux minérales.
LEX-FAOC028007
National 24/03/1998
Decree No. 45/2004 approving the Regulation on the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
LEX-FAOC161138
National 29/09/2004

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