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
Acuerdo Gubernativo Nº 66-2012: Declara de interés nacional la adquisición de fertilizantes.
LEX-FAOC146128
National Agriculture 03/04/2012
Water Law.
LEX-FAOC026362
National 08/05/2007
Law No. 16726 - Declares the promotion and development of the country's agricultural sector of social interest and national need.
LEX-FAOC047775
National Agriculture 16/11/1967
Decree relative to trade in fertilizers and soil improvement substances and labelling of products based on organic waste (No. 500 of 1995).
LEX-FAOC069075
National Agriculture 22/05/1995
Decree No. 18/2015/ND-CP prescribing environmental protection master plan, strategic environmental assessment, environmental impact assessment and environmental protection plan.
LEX-FAOC082647
National 14/02/2015
Resolución Nº 58 - Límites máximos permisibles de emisión para incineradores y hornos crematorios de residuos sólidos y líquidos.
LEX-FAOC077930
National Waste 21/01/2002
Plan National D’investissement Agricole en RDC (PNIA) 2014-2020
LEX-FAOC126448
National Agriculture 2014
Regulation No. 62 of the Minister of Environment validating the Procedure for Keeping Records of Calculated and Incoming Pollution Charges and Submitting the Relevant Information.
LEX-FAOC082355
National 22/06/1999
National Strategy and Action Plan on Biological Diversity in Jamaica 2016-2021.
LEX-FAOC153777
National 2016
Council Directive 91/271/EEC concerning urban waste water treatment.
LEX-FAOC051492
National waste 21/05/1991

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