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
Ministerial Decree No. 63 on approval of rules for inventory of sources of harmful substances emitted in atmospheric air and physical influence on it.
LEX-FAOC023347
National 15/04/2002
Programme on Air Quality Measurement within the National Network for Continuous Air Quality Monitoring.
LEX-FAOC025900
National 15/04/2002
Arrêté nº 140/MSP/LCE/ du 27 septembre 2004, fixant les normes de rejet des déchets dans les milieux naturels.
LEX-FAOC074387
National Waste 27/09/2004
Law No. 14.090 establishing the State Policy to cope with Climate Change.
LEX-FAOC052157
17/06/2010
Regulation on the monitoring program for nitrates in foods.
LEX-FAOC033902
National Agriculture 19/03/2014
Instruction No. 9 dated 27.8.2012 on the required conditions of transport, storage, and maintenance of plant fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC123498
National Agriculture 27/08/2012
Ley Nº 1.333 - Ley del Medio Ambiente.
LEX-FAOC023033
National 27/04/1992
Decreto Nº 1.287 - Criterios para el uso de los biosólidos generados en plantas de tratamiento de aguas residuales municipales.
LEX-FAOC146450
National Waste 10/07/2014
Ley Nº 81 - Ley del Medio Ambiente.
LEX-FAOC099133
National Agriculture 11/07/1997
Act relative to EEG trade fertilizer (1992:1684).
LEX-FAOC045913
National Agriculture

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