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
Sub-Decree No. 69 ANK-BK on Standards and Management of Agricultural Materials.
LEX-FAOC133710
National Agriculture 28/10/1998
Lettre de Politique de l’Agriculture.
LEX-FAOC139300
National Agriculture 2015-05
Decree No. 6 of 2002 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Water Management on pollution standards of surface waters used for potable water abstraction or destined to be a potable water basis, as well as of surface waters marked out for assuring the essential conditions of fishes, and on the control of these standards.
LEX-FAOC126041
National 05/11/2002
Ministerial Decree No. 92 of 2013 amending the Ministerial Decree No. 8 of 1982 on the executive Regulations of Law No. 48 of 1982 concerning the Protection of the Nile River and water channels from pollution.
LEX-FAOC097468
National 21/01/2013
Organic Agriculture Act of 2010 (Republic Act No. 10068).
LEX-FAOC124948
National Agriculture 06/04/2010
Ley Nº 830 - Ley de Sanidad Agropecuaria e Inocuidad Alimentaria.
LEX-FAOC073791
National Agriculture 06/09/2016
Regulation on the Principles and Implementation of Organic Farming.
LEX-FAOC025709
National Agriculture 11/07/2002
Directive No. Z/29 of 2003 on the registration of fertilizers and plant growing regulators.
LEX-FAOC061628
National Agriculture 2003
Le Système National de Vulgarisation et d’Appui Conseil Agricoles (SNVACA).
LEX-FAOC037377
National Agriculture 2010
Royal Decree determining the sectoral conditions for the discharge of wastewater from the slaughterhouse sector into ordinary surface water and public sewers.
LEX-FAOC009844
National waste 02/08/1985

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