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
Estrategia Nacional para la Conservación y Uso Sostenible de la Diversidad Biológica del Uruguay 2016-2020.
LEX-FAOC038732
National 2016
Law No. 6/2015 - Agrarian Law of Extremadura.
LEX-FAOC127188
Regional Agriculture 24/03/2015
Regulation on the registration in the Register of fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC164535
National Agriculture 25/05/2007
Regulation respecting environmental impact assessment and review (R.Q. c. Q-2, r.23).
LEX-FAOC146435
Regional
Law on plant protection products (Republic of Srpska).
LEX-FAOC091914
Regional Agriculture 12/05/2010
Regulation on maximum allowable concentration of pollutants in the atmospheric air in the area of growing of forest forming species.
LEX-FAOC033613
National 10/05/1995
Water Pollution Control (Archive) Regulations, 1998 (P.I. 116/98).
LEX-FAOC062384
National 16/04/1998
Decreto Nº 37.017/MAG - Autoriza el uso de purines del ganado bovino como mejorador de las características físicas, químicas y microbiológicas del suelo.
LEX-FAOC098504
National Agriculture: Livestock 23/01/2012
Resolution No. 232/94 / PE - Preparation of environmental impact studies for aquaculture.
LEX-FAOC075489
National Agriculture: Aquaculture 15/06/1994
First Waste Water Emission Ordinance.
LEX-FAOC135798
National waste 07/05/1996

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