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
Agriculture Climate Resilience Plan.
LEX-FAOC031038
National Agriculture 06/07/1905
Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Revising the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution.
LEX-FAOC154061
National
Décret exécutif n° 99-156 modifiant et complétant le décret exécutif n° 95-405 relatif au contrôle des produits phytosanitaires à usage agricole.
LEX-FAOC066752
National Agriculture 20/07/1999
Regulation on the form and content of the application for registration of plant nutrition products and soil enhancers, and on keeping of the register, the contents of requests and documentation submitted with the request for the use of plant nutrition products and soil enhancers used in scientific research purposes, and on the placing on the market for certain time and quantities (limited time).
LEX-FAOC084962
National Agriculture 10/12/2009
Decreto Nº 39.724/MOPT/MINAE/S - Reglamento para el control de las emisiones contaminantes producidas por los vehículos automotores con motor de combustión interna.
LEX-FAOC149551
National Transport 02/05/2016
Loi nº 2008-005 portant loi-cadre sur l'environnement.
LEX-FAOC149101
National 30/05/2008
Regulation on the Monitoring of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Republic of Croatia.
LEX-FAOC136909
National 21/12/2006
Regulation on air quality assessment and management.
LEX-FAOC150098
National 06/06/2008
Ley Nº 2.529 - Regula el uso de agroquímicos y plaguicidas.
LEX-FAOC156857
Regional Agriculture 12/08/1999
Order MAM / 85/2008 - Technical criteria for assessing damages to the public hydraulic domain.
LEX-FAOC060679
National 16/01/2008

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