Nitrogen Policies

 

This database compiles 2,726 nitrogen policies from 186 countries, sourced from FAOLEX data as made available via the ECOLEX database, originally provided 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

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (n.d.). FAOLEX database. https://www.fao.org/faolex

United Nations Environment Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations & International Union for Conservation of Nature. (n.d.). ECOLEX: The gateway to environmental law. https://www.ecolex.org/

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/FAOLEX Ref ID Scale Sector Date of Text
Protected Areas Act.
LEX-FAOC148614
National
Control of Agricultural Chemicals Act (Cap. 29).
LEX-FAOC005726
National Agriculture
Comprehensive Agricultural Policy Framework (2012-2032).
LEX-FAOC068640
National Agriculture 2012-04
Décret n° 05/162 du 18 novembre 2005 portant réglementation phytosanitaire en République Démocratique du Congo .
LEX-FAOC100367
National Agriculture 18/11/2005
Climate Change and Greenhouse Emissions Reduction Act 2007.
LEX-FAOC041478
Regional 28/06/2007
Supreme Decree No. 007/83 / A - Modifies the Regulations of the General Water Law.
LEX-FAOC089316
National 11/03/1983
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan II (NBSAP II) 2015-2025.
LEX-FAOC015912
National 2016-10
Guam Waterworks Authority Rates and Services – Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 28 of the Guam Administrative Rules and Regulations.
LEX-FAOC067512
Regional
Meat and Poultry Products Plant Liquid Effluent Regulations (C.R.C., c. 818).
LEX-FAOC075128
National Agriculture 1995
Law No.24 of 2006 issuing the Act on fertilizers, nutrients and soil amendments of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.
LEX-FAOC163693
Regional Agriculture 11/07/2006

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