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
Air Protection Law.
LEX-FAOC161302
National 30/06/2004
Regulation on the quality of surface water intended for the abstraction of potable water.
LEX-FAOC014872
National
Law on the system of protected territories.
LEX-FAOC016867
National 07/03/1996
Waste Disposal Site Ordinance 2008.
LEX-FAOC111128
National waste
Regulation on the content and method of preparation of water management plan for water area of the river basin or for its related section.
LEX-FAOC079391
National 14/05/2009
Royal Decree determining the sectoral conditions for discharge of wastewater from the gelatin industry into ordinary surface waters and public sewers.
LEX-FAOC153177
National waste 02/10/1985
Décret nº2001/163/PM réglementant les périmètres de protection autour des points de captage, de traitement et de stockage des eaux potabilisables.
LEX-FAOC049048
National 08/05/2001
Loi-cadre du 29 décembre 1998 relative à la gestion de l'environnement.
LEX-FAOC105605
National 29/12/1998
Decreto Nº 33/95 - Disposiciones para el Control de la Contaminación Proveniente de las Descargas de Aguas Residuales Domésticas, Industriales y Agropecuarias.
LEX-FAOC147694
National Waste 14/06/1995
Air Pollution Control Law (Law No. 97 of 1968 as amended by Law No. 32 of 1996).
LEX-FAOC043112
National 1968-00-00

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