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
Decree of the State Minister of Environmental Affairs No. KEP-35/MENLH/7/1995 on the Clean-River Programme.
LEX-FAOC149156
National 25/07/1995
Décret N°2015-1189/PRESTRANS/PM/MERH/MEF du 22 octobre 2015 portant adoption du Plan National d’Adaptation aux changements climatiques (PNA).
LEX-FAOC125334
National Agriculture 25/10/2015
Regulation on conditions for the operation of waste incineration plants.
LEX-FAOC161671
Regional Waste 09/05/2006
Prevention of Industrial Pollution council of Ministers Regulation (No. 159/2009).
LEX-FAOC050743
National 07/10/2000
Décret relatif au Livre II du Code de l'Environnement constituant le Code de l'eau (1).
LEX-FAOC170204
Regional 27/05/2004
Sub-Decree No. 35 on creation of a National Committee for Managing Climate Change.
LEX-FAOC060853
National 24/04/2006
Crops Act, 2013 (No. 16 of 2013).
LEX-FAOC051202
National Agriculture 14/01/2013
Loi n° 2009-967 de programmation relative à la mise en œuvre du Grenelle de l'environnement.
LEX-FAOC067467
National 03/08/2009
Organic Agriculture Act of 2010 (Republic Act No. 10068).
LEX-FAOC124948
National Agriculture 06/04/2010
Climate Change and Emissions Management Act (SA 2003, c. C-16.7).
LEX-FAOC016918
Regional

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