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
Riparian Buffer Zone Policy for Managing Freshwater Bodies in Ghana.
LEX-FAOC061232
 		National 2011-11
Circular No. 02/2008/TT-BCT guiding the conditions and the grant of permits for trading in high-content ammonium nitrate.
LEX-FAOC109841
 		National Agriculture 19/02/2008
Biomass Ordinance.
LEX-FAOC049406
 		Regional energy 07/03/2002
Délibération du congrès n° 335 du 11 août 1992 relative aux produits phytosanitaires à usage agricole.
LEX-FAOC060472
 		Regional Agriculture 11/08/1992
Ordinance on fees in the sphere of environment protection and water protection.
LEX-FAOC159049
 		Regional
Standard Sewerage Law.
LEX-FAOC013047
 		Regional Waste
Order No. 83-p of the Minister of Natural resources and Environmental Protection on maximum emission limits.
LEX-FAOC145314
 		National 21/03/2002
Decreto Nº 111 - Ley Ambiental para el Desarrollo Sustentable del Estado de Michoacán de Ocampo.
LEX-FAOC088032
 		Regional 07/02/2013
Order No. 84 of 1994 on technical re-evaluation of agro-chemicals lists.
LEX-FAOC112114
 		Regional Agriculture 09/05/1994
Ley Orgánica de Agrobiodiversidad, Semillas y Fomento de la Agricultura Sustentable.
LEX-FAOC135560
 		National Agriculture 01/06/2017

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