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 No. 86/IV/93 of 26 June 1993 defining environmental policy.
LEX-FAOC045088
National 26/06/1993
Meewasin Valley Authority Act (S.S. 1979, c. M-11.1).
LEX-FAOC012106
Regional
Decree No. 20 of Chief Sanitary Inspector validating Hygienic norms GN 2.1.6.1338-03 setting maximum allowable concentration of pollutants in the atmospheric air of inhabited areas.
LEX-FAOC115640
National 28/05/2004
Arrêté interministériel du 24 avril 2006 fixant la nomenclature des recettes et des dépenses du compte d’affectation spéciale n° 302-067 intitulé Fonds national de développement de l’investissement agricole"."
LEX-FAOC061582
National Agriculture 24/04/2006
Act on air pollution charges.
LEX-FAOC159464
National 16/12/1998
Environmental Protection Law No. 42 of 2014.
LEX-FAOC038775
National 13/07/2014
Law No. 11/2014 - Law on Prevention and Environmental Protection of Aragon.
LEX-FAOC074005
Regional 04/12/2014
Ordonnance Souveraine n° 5.443 du 6 août 2015 relative à la protection des eaux.
LEX-FAOC019502
National
Order No. 1448 on waste water permits in adherence to Environmental Protection Act, Chapter 3 and 4.
LEX-FAOC041253
National waste 11/12/2007
Decree of the State Minister for Environmental affairs No. 110/2003 on the Guidelines on stipulation of accomodating capacity of load of water pollution in water sources.
LEX-FAOC038306
National

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