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
Decision of the Special Designated Presidential Representatives in the Market Support Committee on the exportation of the ammonium nitrate fertilizer.
LEX-FAOC051834
National Agriculture 06/10/1998
Resolution No. 35 of 2014 of Georgian Government on Sampling for Control of Residues of Pesticides and Agrochemicals in Food/Feed and Environmental Objects
LEX-FAOC038494
National Agriculture 03/01/2014
Decreto Nº 29.782/MAG - Reglamento sobre la agricultura orgánica.
LEX-FAOC068256
National Agriculture 03/08/2000
Order No. 78/2012 establishing the delimitation of the protecting area for underground water captation FO(D)-SOBOC within the Municipality of Oiã, Oliveira do Bairro.
LEX-FAOC051763
National 26/03/2012
Resolution COEMA No. 116 providing for municipal competence on local environmental impact within the State of Pará.
LEX-FAOC041128
Local 03/07/2014
NMX-AA-082-1986: Método para la determinación de nitrógeno de nitratos en agua mediante espectrofotometría.
LEX-FAOC144710
National 14/04/1986
Stratégie nationale et Plan National d’Actions pour la Biodiversité (Aout 2015).
LEX-FAOC069617
National Agriculture 2015
Act No. 93 of 2002 containing rules regarding the emission of ammoniac from animal keeping premises belonging to the livestock sector (Act Ammoniac and Livestock Farming).
LEX-FAOC121412
National Agriculture
Décret nº °0291/PR/MEF du 18 février 2011 fixant les attributions et l'organisation du Ministère des Eaux et des Forêts.
LEX-FAOC040887
National 18/02/2011
Resolución Nº 244/15 - Por la cual se establece el Plan de Gestión Ambiental Genérico para las Actividades Agrícolas, en el marco de la Ley Nº 294/93.
LEX-FAOC171933
National Agriculture 24/06/2015

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