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 |
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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 |