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 Sustainability Testing Act 2000.
LEX-FAOC091474
National
Regulation (EC) No. 1166/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on farm structure surveys and the survey on agricultural production methods and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No. 571/88.
LEX-FAOC050718
National Agriculture 19/11/2008
Regulation of Fertilizer Act (No. 69 of 1988).
LEX-FAOC066449
National Agriculture 17/12/1988
Regulation on requirements of surface waters used for human consumption purposes.
LEX-FAOC160963
National 27/11/2002
Environmental Impact Assessment Act (No. 106 of 2000).
LEX-FAOC013224
National 25/05/2000
Water Law.
LEX-FAOC150395
National 13/11/2006
Resolución Nº 222/02 - Establece el padrón de calidad de las aguas en el territorio nacional.
LEX-FAOC119420
National 22/04/2002
Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1974 (No. 6 of 1974).
LEX-FAOC054629
National
Order No. 650 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology validating the Regulation on issuance by the Federal Nature Management Supervision Service of permits for emission of pollutants to the atmospheric air, except for radioactive substances.
LEX-FAOC015770
National 25/07/2011
Supreme Decree Nº 024-2017-HOUSING ─ Classification of Administrative Infractions and Scale of Sanctions in Environmental Matters in the Sanitation Sector.
LEX-FAOC105510
National waste 14/09/2017

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