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
Natural Resources Conservation (Ambient Air Quality Standards) Regulations, 1996.
LEX-FAOC162363
National
Fertilisers (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991 (S.R. No. 540 of 1991).
LEX-FAOC080777
Regional Agriculture 19/12/1991
Regulation on the methods of determining the degree of water pollution.
LEX-FAOC101338
Regional 27/06/2011
National food security mid-term and long-term planning framework (2008-2020 ).
LEX-FAOC040290
National Agriculture 13/11/2008
Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants, amending Directive 2003/35/EC and repealing Directive 2001/81/EC.
LEX-FAOC129544
National 14/12/2016
Decreto por el que se declara como área natural protegida, con el carácter de reserva de la biosfera, la región conocida como Marismas Nacionales Nayarit, localizada en los municipios de Acaponeta, Rosamorada, Santiago Ixcuintla, Tecuala y Tuxpan en el Estado de Nayarit.
LEX-FAOC170885
Regional 04/05/2010
Order No. 12-p of the Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection on functioning of sewage disposal plants and effluent waste water discharge.
LEX-FAOC050306
National waste 21/01/2002
Acuerdo Nº 819/98 - Norma sobre determinación del contenido de nitrógeno en carne y productos cárnicos.
LEX-FAOC046825
National Agriculture: Livestock 12/11/1998
Acuerdo Nº 113 - Insumos agroquímicos destinados al subsidio directo al productor.
LEX-FAOC102450
National Agriculture 08/07/2008
Decree No. 468 of 2007 containing general rules relative to the discharge other than from a facility (Decree Discharge Outside Facilities).
LEX-FAOC174392
National waste

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