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 No. 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the effort of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Community’s greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments up to 2020.
LEX-FAOC130536
National 23/04/2009
Resuelto Nº 19/ALP - Manual de procedimientos para el Registro de Aditivos, Fertilizantes, Materias Técnicas y Plaguicidas para uso en la Agricultura.
LEX-FAOC073384
National Agriculture 22/02/2001
Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Regulations 2011.
LEX-FAOC133906
National Agriculture
Regulation concerning scope and method of passing on information about air pollution.
LEX-FAOC078678
National 26/11/2002
Decree-Law No. 26/2012 establishing the Environmental Basic Legislation.
LEX-FAOC074468
National 26/06/2012
Order No. 126 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating Methodical Instruction on calculation of the emission of pollutants to the atmosphere from reservoirs.
LEX-FAOC110291
National energy 03/06/1997
Reglamento de la Norma Técnica Nacional para la Producción Ecológica.
LEX-FAOC142404
National Agriculture 04/12/2006
Water Pollution Prevention Act (No. 138 of 1970).
LEX-FAOC121168
National
Acuerdo Nº 939/98 - Norma sobre toma y preparación de muestras de fertilizantes químicos.
LEX-FAOC139115
National Agriculture 28/12/1998
Arrêté du ministre de l'agriculture et de la pêche maritime n° 271-15 du 8 rabii Il 1436 (29 janvier 2015) portant homologation et publication du cahier des charges type relatif à la production biologique des produits végétaux.
LEX-FAOC046888
National Agriculture 29/01/2015

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