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
Regulation on detailed conditions for storage of fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC089822
National Agriculture 20/06/2014
Measures of Sichuan Province for prevention and control of pollution caused by emission from motorized vehicles.
LEX-FAOC106107
Regional Transport 14/01/2013
Climate Change Agreements (Eligible Facilities) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 2999 of 2012).
LEX-FAOC115291
National industry 29/11/2012
Fertilisers (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991 (S.R. No. 540 of 1991).
LEX-FAOC080777
Regional Agriculture 19/12/1991
Canada-Ontario Agreement on Great Lakes Water Quality and Ecosystem Health, 2014.
LEX-FAOC051393
Regional 19/12/2014
Decree No. 20 of Chief Sanitary Inspector validating Hygienic norms GN 2.1.6.1338-03 setting maximum allowable concentration of pollutants in the atmospheric air of inhabited areas.
LEX-FAOC115640
National 28/05/2004
Act No. LIII of 1995 on the General Rules of Environmental Protection.
LEX-FAOC170669
National
Acuerdo Nº 500 - NTE INEN 995 sobre determinación de nitratos en el agua.
LEX-FAOC069177
National 26/12/2002
Supreme Decree No. 062/02 / AG - Provisions referring to the Revolving Fund Program of the Ministry of Agriculture.
LEX-FAOC132096
National Agriculture 18/12/2002
Regulation on unit charges, corrective coefficients and detailed criteria and standards for the determination of the environmental charges for the emission of oxides, in the form of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides expressed as nitrogen dioxide.
LEX-FAOC004309
National 27/05/2004

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