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
Decreto Nº 355 - Reglamenta la Ley Nº 1.694, que incluye nuevas situaciones de crisis e incorporar nuevos beneficios individuales para el Fondo de Solidaridad Agropecuario (FONSA).
LEX-FAOC096078
National Agriculture 19/02/2014
Decision No. 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the effort of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Community’s greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments up to 2020.
LEX-FAOC130536
National 23/04/2009
Resolution No. 168-2016-MINAM ─ Guidelines for the preparation of annual reports on greenhouse gases and the dissemination of the national inventory of greenhouse gases.
LEX-FAOC062328
National 04/07/2016
Fertilizers Act 1961 (No. 21 of 1961).
LEX-FAOC047152
National Agriculture 1961
Regulation on the protection and improvement of waters being habitat for trout and crab species.
LEX-FAOC125659
National 12/01/2014
Resolution No. 35/2016 approving the Cape Verde National Protected Areas Strategy (ENAP), general policy to all National Network of Protected Areas (RNAP).
LEX-FAOC032443
National 17/03/2016
Environment Act 1990.
LEX-FAOC007645
National
Loi nº 2001-01 portant Code de l'environnement.
LEX-FAOC091098
National 15/01/2001
Order No. 399/2015 establishing the environmental information requirements for industrial activities.
LEX-FAOC013302
National industry 05/11/2015
Notification of the Ministry of Environment and Forests: Matheran and surrounding region as an Eco-sensitive Zone.
LEX-FAOC099051
Regional 04/02/2003

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