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
Fertilizers and Fertilizing Act.
LEX-FAOC076664
National Agriculture 10/07/2007
Order of the Flemish Government on the general protection requirements, the notification and authorization procedure, the commissioning of a register and the fixing of a distinctive sign for protected sites.
LEX-FAOC027860
Regional
Decree No. 273 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating Environmental Monitoring Program for the period of 2016-2020.
LEX-FAOC100437
National 23/08/2016
Regulation on limit values, emission measuring methods, criteria for establishing measurement locations and data records.
LEX-FAOC080811
National 2006
Punjab Agriculture, Food and Drug Authority Act 2016 (Act XXXII of 2016).
LEX-FAOC156579
National Agriculture 24/05/2016
Law on communal wastewater management.
LEX-FAOC139384
National Waste 29/12/2016
Loi nº 13-2003 portant code de l'eau.
LEX-FAOC124006
National 10/04/2003
Executive Decree No. 178/13 approving the Regulation of the Cabinet for the Exploitation and Development of Agriculture and Livestock sector within the Plateau of Camabatela.
LEX-FAOC109897
National Agriculture 30/05/2013
Pembroke Marsh Canal Regulations 1971.
LEX-FAOC048180
Regional 04/09/1971
Acuerdo Nº 280 - NTE INEN 330 sobre la clasificación de fertilizantes (Primera revisión).
LEX-FAOC047776
National Agriculture 16/06/1998

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