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
Environment Fund Act.
LEX-FAOC170094
National
Decree No. 5195 further regulating Law No. 10.925 on Social Integration Programmes (PIS) and Training Programmes (PASEP) affecting the import and commercialization of agrochemicals and other agricultural products.
LEX-FAOC105181
National Agriculture 26/08/2004
Waste Incineration Ordinance.
LEX-FAOC123135
National waste
Jamaica Water Sector Policy - Strategies and Action Plans.
LEX-FAOC053923
National 2004
Act on fertilizers, nutrients and soil amendments of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.
LEX-FAOC070003
International Agriculture 21/12/2004
Regulation No. 18 of 27.05.2009 on the quality of water for irrigation of agricultural crops.
LEX-FAOC020344
National Agriculture 27/05/2009
Decreto Nº 46 - Norma de emisión de residuos líquidos a aguas subterráneas.
LEX-FAOC108592
National 08/03/2002
Air pollution — Local Air Quality (O. Reg. 419/05).
LEX-FAOC142892
Regional
Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry on Fertilizer Products (No. 24 of 2011).
LEX-FAOC093368
National Agriculture 01/09/2011
Decree No. 01-10.32.4-7 of the Ministry of Public Health and Welfare validating state sanitary and epidemiological standards of contents of nitrates in foodstuffs of vegetable origin.
LEX-FAOC132544
National Agriculture 29/06/2005

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