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
Governmental Decree No. 59 validating the Regulation on protection of atmospheric air and Instruction on operation of dust and gas treatment plants.
LEX-FAOC097016
National 13/02/2015
Resolución Nº 909 - Estándares de emisión admisibles de contaminantes a la atmósfera por fuentes fijas.
LEX-FAOC087655
National 05/06/2008
Law No. 9.926 providing for the State Unified Care System for Agricultural and Animal Health (SUASA).
LEX-FAOC151139
Regional Agriculture 30/11/2012
Decree establishing types of fertilizers, composition, packaging and labelling of fertilizers, analytical methods of testing fertilizers, hazardous elements, their limit values for individual groups of fertilizers, allowed offsets and limit values for faming fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC160125
National Agriculture 23/05/2005
Marine Water Quality Regulations.
LEX-FAOC170208
Regional 06/08/1991
Regulation of protection of water against agricultural nitrate pollution.
LEX-FAOC169935
National Agriculture 23/07/2016
Order of the Flemish Government regulating the voluntary, complete and definitive cessation of the production of all animal manure from pigs.
LEX-FAOC161297
Regional Agriculture
Ley Nº 320-2004: Regulación de uso de agroquímicos.
LEX-FAOC168893
National Agriculture 22/04/2004
Order No. 12-p of the Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection on functioning of sewage disposal plants and effluent waste water discharge.
LEX-FAOC050306
National waste 21/01/2002
Joint Decree No. 9 of 2002 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and of the Ministry of Transport and Water Affairs regarding the limit values of used and waste water discharge and their application.
LEX-FAOC090205
National waste 22/03/2002

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