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
Law 162/2014 on the protection of ambient air quality.
LEX-FAOC145050
National 04/12/2014
Resolución Nº 816/06 - Normas para el Etiquetado de los Productos Fitosanitarios Formulados de Uso Agrícola.
LEX-FAOC036281
National Agriculture 21/11/2006
Regulation on national general survey of pollution sources.
LEX-FAOC143764
National 09/10/2007
Water Authority Law, 1982. (Law No. 18 of 1982).
LEX-FAOC146976
National 14/03/1983
Agreement on the cooperation for the sustainable development of the Mekong River Basin.
LEX-FAOC011617
Regional 05/04/1995
Royal Decree No. 1,078 / 2015 - Regulates the direct granting of aid for the acquisition of alternative energy vehicles and for the implementation of electric vehicle charging points in 2016, MOVEA.
LEX-FAOC079774
National Transport 27/11/2015
Resolution No 414 of 2013 of Georgian Government on Calculation of Permitted Limits of Contaminants in Waters Flowing into Surface Water Objects
LEX-FAOC011136
National 31/12/2013
Ministerial Decree No. 104 validating Sanitary Regulation “Sanitary and epidemiological requirements for water sources, water abstraction points for economic and potable purposes, economic and potable water supply, places of recreational water uses and safety of waterbodies.”
LEX-FAOC104276
National 18/01/2012
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan.
LEX-FAOC054334
National 2016
Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act.
LEX-FAOC049296
National Agriculture

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