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
Agricultural Agreement signed between the Government of Jordan and Israel.
LEX-FAOC159680
International Agriculture 26/10/1995
Regulation on plants and facilities for which the environmental impact assessment is required and plants that can be built and used only with the environmental permit.
LEX-FAOC076259
National 2004
Decree No. 46 of the State Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Supervision validating Hygienic requirements to wastewater and sewage sludge used for land irrigation and fertilization.
LEX-FAOC105908
National Agriculture 31/10/1998
Loi nº 003/91 sur la protection de l'environnement.
LEX-FAOC148027
National 23/04/1991
Resolution No. 567 of 2015 of Georgian Government on Permitted Maximum Limits of Certain Contaminants in Food
LEX-FAOC024702
National Agriculture
Atmospheric Pollution Prevention and Control Law of the People's Republic of China (2015).
LEX-FAOC144045
National
Resolución Nº 150 - Reglamento técnico de fertilizantes y acondicionadores de suelos.
LEX-FAOC081163
National Agriculture 21/01/2003
Ley Nº 20.284 - Ley sobre contaminación atmosférica.
LEX-FAOC132793
National 16/04/1973
Act on National Determinants for the use of treated wastewater in agriculture irrigation No.3 of 2012.
LEX-FAOC149115
National Waste 07/12/2012
Regulation of the Industry Minister No. 19/M-IND/PER/2/2009 on the compulsory enforcement of Indonesian National Standards (SNI) to fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC054982
National Agriculture 16/02/2009

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