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
Reglamento de la Norma Técnica Nacional para la Producción Ecológica.
LEX-FAOC142404
National Agriculture 04/12/2006
Prevention of Industrial Pollution council of Ministers Regulation (No. 159/2009).
LEX-FAOC050743
National 07/10/2000
Supreme Decree No. 021-2009-HOUSING ─ Maximum Admissible Values (VMA) of non-domestic wastewater discharges into the sanitary sewer system.
LEX-FAOC159926
National Waste 19/11/2009
Sub-Decree No. 35 on creation of a National Committee for Managing Climate Change.
LEX-FAOC060853
National 24/04/2006
Decree No. 67/2010 amending the Regulation on Environmental Quality and Effluents’ Emissions.
LEX-FAOC090978
National 31/12/2010
Directive No. Z/32 of 2003 defining requirements and conditions for fertilizers and plant growing regulators.
LEX-FAOC097311
National Agriculture 2003
Law No.27 of 1978 on organization of public sources of potable water and water for human use.
LEX-FAOC025948
National 28/05/1978
Law No. 12.890 amending Law No. 6.894 including re-mineralisers as a category of input destined to agriculture.
LEX-FAOC097810
National Agriculture 10/12/2013
Water Pollution Control Law Enforcement Regulations (Order No. 2 of June 1971 amended by Order No. 41 of 1971, No. 69 of 1974, No. 2 of 1976, No. 30 of 1979, No. 29 of 1985 and No. 67 of 1986).
LEX-FAOC041074
National 02/06/1971
Resolution No. 451 of 2013 of Georgian Government on Storing, Transporting, Selling and Using of Pesticides and Agrochemicals
LEX-FAOC038501
National Agriculture

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