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
Clasificación del río Lerma que establece su capacidad de asimilación y dilución, las metas de calidad del agua, los plazos para alcanzarlas y los parámetros que deberán considerarse para el cumplimiento de las descargas de aguas residuales.
LEX-FAOC149158
Regional Agriculture 18/03/1996
State Standard No. AZS 833-1-2015 for Water quality – determination of dissolved anions by liquid chromatography of ions -- Part 1: Determination of bromide, chloride, fluoride, nitrate, nitrite, phosphate and sulfate.
LEX-FAOC018866
National 10/07/2015
CIS cooperation agreement in the sphere of hydrometeorology.
LEX-FAOC089119
International 08/02/1992
Protected Area Lainzer Tiergarten Ordinance.
LEX-FAOC088364
Regional 28/01/2008
Ordinance on placing on the market and transport of livestock manure.
LEX-FAOC129718
Agriculture 21/07/2010
Decree establishing types of fertilizers, composition, packaging and labelling of fertilizers, analytical methods of testing fertilizers, hazardous elements, their limit values for individual groups of fertilizers, allowed offsets and limit values for faming fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC160125
National Agriculture 23/05/2005
Waste Water Emission Ordinance - Paper Industry.
LEX-FAOC123257
National waste 18/07/2000
Technical Policy on the Prevention and Control of Pollution by Motor Vehicles Emissions.
LEX-FAOC147935
National Transport 28/05/1999
Stratégie et Plan d’Actions de l’Initiative Grande Muraille Verte au Burkina Faso (SPA/IGMV).
LEX-FAOC105923
Regional Agriculture 2012
Governmental Order No. 641-r regarding certification of emissions to the atmospheric air from non-stationary sources.
LEX-FAOC054379
National Energy, Industry 07/05/2001

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