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
Regulation No. 379 date 25.5.2016 approving the regulation on the quality of drinking water.
LEX-FAOC137102
 		National 25/05/2016
Agreement on the cooperation for the sustainable development of the Mekong River Basin.
LEX-FAOC011617
 		Regional 05/04/1995
Decree No. 39 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating the Instruction on regulation of emission of pollutants to the atmospheric air under adverse weather conditions.
LEX-FAOC033802
 		National 09/06/2009
Tana River County Agriculture Development Act, 2016 (No. 18 of 2016).
LEX-FAOC052015
 		Local Agriculture 27/09/2016
Decreto Nº 181 - Ley de Cambio Climático del Estado de México.
LEX-FAOC169394
 		Regional 19/12/2013
Fertilizers Act.
LEX-FAOC164123
 		National Agriculture
Climate Change (Agriculture Sector) Regulations, 2010.
LEX-FAOC110925
 		National Agriculture 23/09/2010
Disposal of dead animals 1981 (By-law No. 8).
LEX-FAOC086265
 		National Waste 1981
National Environmental Protection Strategy.
LEX-FAOC127310
 		National 16/04/2015
Notification on sampling of surface water, groundwater and sediment and biological sampling.
LEX-FAOC039867
 		National 21/02/2015

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