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
Loi nº 016/PR/99 portant Code de l'eau.
LEX-FAOC140460
National 18/08/1999
Notification No. 2016/46 on good agricultural practices for the protection of water against agricultural nitrate pollution.
LEX-FAOC160776
National Agriculture 11/02/2017
Order No. 40 of the Federal Hydrometeorological and Environmental Monitoring Service validating the Regulation on centralized registration of the documents on emissions and greenhouse gas sinks.
LEX-FAOC050937
National 23/03/2001
Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management System Act.
LEX-FAOC162852
National
Law No. 593 of 2004 on protection, reproduction and management of wildlife.
LEX-FAOC144943
National 09/07/2004
Waste Water Emission – Chlor-Alkali Electrolysis Ordinance.
LEX-FAOC127104
National waste 03/12/2016
Decision No. 1386/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 2020 ‘Living well, within the limits of our planet’.
LEX-FAOC044213
National 20/11/2013
Samoa Water Authority (Sewerage and Wastewater) Regulations 2009 (S.R. 2009/15).
LEX-FAOC027768
National Waste 05/06/2009
Environmental Protection Act 1994.
LEX-FAOC062592
Regional
Fertilizers Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. F-10).
LEX-FAOC162956
National Agriculture

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