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
Act on the Integrated Control of Pollutant-Discharging Facilities.
LEX-FAOC067054
National 22/12/2015
Law No. 6.894 providing for the inspection on producion and trade of plant fertilizers destined to agriculture.
LEX-FAOC160659
National Agriculture 16/12/1980
Parks and Trees Act 2005.
LEX-FAOC123956
National
Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (Exemptions and Prohibited Substances) Regulations 2011.
LEX-FAOC050260
National Agriculture 19/09/2011
Decree No. 6 of 2002 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Water Management on pollution standards of surface waters used for potable water abstraction or destined to be a potable water basis, as well as of surface waters marked out for assuring the essential conditions of fishes, and on the control of these standards.
LEX-FAOC126041
National 05/11/2002
Law on air protection.
LEX-FAOC024695
National
Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act (2010).
LEX-FAOC141428
Regional
Cooperation Agreement on agricultural quarantine between Syria and Jordan.
LEX-FAOC160042
International Agriculture 21/08/2002
Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act (S.B.C. 2014, c. 29).
LEX-FAOC081564
Regional 06/07/1905
Regulation No. 253 on the organization of the Chemical Fertilizers Control Service.
LEX-FAOC162016
National Agriculture 18/05/2000

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