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
Decree implementing the Ecological Agriculture Act.
LEX-FAOC096356
National Agriculture 23/01/2001
Decree relative to waste sludge.
LEX-FAOC051977
National Waste
Acuerdo Nº 81 - Reglamento para la conservación y mantenimiento de presas y embalses.
LEX-FAOC067399
National 06/03/1978
Regulation establishing the reference conditions for surface waters.
LEX-FAOC019923
National 06/09/2011
Decree No. 42 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating the Regulation on inventory of emissions of pollutants to the atmospheric air.
LEX-FAOC168327
National
Environmental (Impact Assessment and Audit) Regulations, 2003 (Cap. 387).
LEX-FAOC105569
National
Décret n°2000-0033/PR/MAEM pris en application de la Loi n°93/AN/95/3ème L du 04 avril 1996 portant Code de l’Eau, relatif aux périmètres de protection des captages de l’eau destinée à la consommation humaine.
LEX-FAOC028622
National 12/02/2000
Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants, amending Directive 2003/35/EC and repealing Directive 2001/81/EC.
LEX-FAOC129544
National 14/12/2016
Order PRA / 321/2017 - Procedures for determining the emissions of atmospheric pollutants SO2, NOx, particulates and CO from large combustion plants, the control of measuring instruments and the processing and transmission of information related to said emissions.
LEX-FAOC172831
National industry 07/04/2017
Local Government (Dumping and Waste Carriers) Regulations 2003 (G.N. No. 18 of 2003).
LEX-FAOC109906
Local Waste 27/01/2003

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