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
Republic Act creating the Bureau of Soil Conservation, defining its powers, duties and functions (No. 622).
LEX-FAOC163825
National 05/06/1951
Central Water Authority Regulations, 1972 (S.R.O. No. 1 of 1973).
LEX-FAOC045810
National 15/03/1972
Regulation No.260 laying down the rules and procedure for samples’ testing, reporting on the results, and results’ assessment.
LEX-FAOC075281
National Agriculture 27/03/2013
Decree of the State Minister of Environmental Affairs (No. 51 of 1995).
LEX-FAOC071380
National Waste 23/10/1995
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 (No. 46 of 2015).
LEX-FAOC159576
National 10/12/2015
Decree No. 26 of the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance promulgating the Measures for the Administration of Commercial Reserves of Chemical Fertilizers during Off-seasons.
LEX-FAOC150025
National Agriculture 12/01/2005
Regulation on conditions that must be met by water management laboratories.
LEX-FAOC150879
Regional 20/08/2001
Resolution of the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council of 1 February 1993 on a Community programme of policy and action in relation to the environment and sustainable development - A European Community programme of policy and action in relation to the environment and sustainable development (Fifth Environment Action Programme).
LEX-FAOC127985
National 01/02/1993
Swedish Environmental Code (1998:808).
LEX-FAOC139387
National
Master Plan for Crop Production in Cambodia to 2030.
LEX-FAOC132098
National Agriculture 26/05/2016

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