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
Agricultural Law No.53 of 1966.
LEX-FAOC053550
National Agriculture
National Parks Act (Chapter 198a) revised version 1996.
LEX-FAOC014414
National 01/07/1996
Regulation No. 33 of the Minister of the Environment validating the Procedure and Methods for Determining Emissions of Pollutants from Combustion Plants into Ambient Air.
LEX-FAOC173492
National industry 17/03/1999
Decree determining the projects for which an Environmental Impact Assessment shall be carried out.
LEX-FAOC140238
National
Ministerial Decree No. 704 validating the National classifier of pesticides and agrochemicals authorized for application in Kyrgyzstan for the period of 2011-2019.
LEX-FAOC050322
National Agriculture 04/11/2011
Reglamento de la Ley General de Cambio Climático en Materia del Registro Nacional de Emisiones.
LEX-FAOC168828
National 24/10/2014
Decree relative to waste water from minor drainage systems.
LEX-FAOC051856
National waste 12/04/2000
Acuerdo Nº 284 - NTE INEN 209 sobre definiciones relacionadas con fertilizantes.
LEX-FAOC156237
National Agriculture 16/06/1998
Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora
LEX-FAOC112539
National 21/05/1992
Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. A-12).
LEX-FAOC168628
National waste

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