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
Arrêté conjoint du ministre de l'intérieur, du ministre de l’énergie, des mines, de l’eau et de l’environnement, du ministre de l’industrie, du commerce et des nouvelles technologies et du ministre de l’artisanat N° 2942-13 du 1er hija 1434 (7 octobre 2013) fixant les valeurs limites générales de rejet dans les eaux superficielles ou souterraines.
LEX-FAOC167268
National 07/10/2013
Decreto Nº 39994-MAG ─ Reglamento técnico RTCR 485:2016. Sustancias químicas. Fertilizantes y enmiendas para uso agrícola. Tolerancias y límites permitidos para la concentración de los elementos y contaminantes.
LEX-FAOC031888
National Agriculture 24/10/2016
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Strategy and Action Plan.
LEX-FAOC074225
National 2000
Resolución Nº 223/14 - Reglamento del control administrativo de fuentes contaminantes generadoras de residuales líquidos y sólidos.
LEX-FAOC151960
National Waste 30/10/2014
Environmental Quality (Prescribed Activities) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Order 1987.
LEX-FAOC167581
National 30/09/1987
Marine Environment Protection Law of the People's Republic of China.
LEX-FAOC119034
National 23/08/1982
Royal Decree No. 301/2011 - Mitigation measures equivalent to participation in the trading regime of emission rights for the exclusion of small-sized facilities.
LEX-FAOC051750
National industry 04/03/2011
Acuerdo Nº 36/MINAET - Oficializa el Programa País Carbono Neutralidad.
LEX-FAOC169024
National 21/05/2012
Resolution No. 90/1 of 2000 defining the conditions for importation of fertilisers.
LEX-FAOC172116
National Agriculture 05/04/2000
National Water Act.
LEX-FAOC020602
National

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