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 No. 46 of 2012 regulating Agricultural Materials Handling.
LEX-FAOC073985
National Agriculture 12/07/2012
Acuerdo Nº 140 - Marco institucional para incentivos ambientales.
LEX-FAOC010326
National 21/09/2015
Environmental Quality (Scheduled Wastes) Regulations 2005, PU(A) 294/2005.
LEX-FAOC032554
National waste 15/08/2005
Estrategia Nacional de Adaptación al Cambio Climático en el sector Agropecuario de la República Dominicana 2014-2020.
LEX-FAOC158745
National Agriculture 2014
Climate Change (Waste) Regulations, 2010.
LEX-FAOC169374
National 23/09/2010
Ministerial Resolution No.801 of 2015 on Implementing Regulation of the Act on fertilizers and soil improvers in the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.
LEX-FAOC016697
National Agriculture 29/11/2015
Instruction on state supervision over protection of atmospheric air against emissions by vehicles.
LEX-FAOC093866
National Transport 16/12/1999
Water Pollution Control Ordinance (Chapter 358).
LEX-FAOC107471
Local
Air Pollution Control (Licensing and Emission Standards) Regulations (Cap. 204).
LEX-FAOC045450
National
Order of 21 December 1998 on the approval of fertilizers and growing media.
LEX-FAOC035872
National Agriculture 21/12/1998

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