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
Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Act 1995.
LEX-FAOC005823
Regional Waste
Stratégie et Plan d’Actions de l’Initiative Grande Muraille Verte au Burkina Faso (SPA/IGMV).
LEX-FAOC105923
Regional Agriculture 2012
Décret portant organisation et fonctionnement du Ministère de l’Agriculture des Ressources Naturelles et du Développement Rural désigné sous le sigle MARNDR.
LEX-FAOC084896
National Agriculture 30/11/1987
Public Health (Water Examination) Regulations (Cap. 196).
LEX-FAOC093807
National
Law No. 13.577 providing for the guidelines and procedures for the protection of soil quality and management of contaminated areas.
LEX-FAOC020638
Regional Agriculture 08/07/2009
National Environment Statute, 1995 (Statute No. 4 of 1995).
LEX-FAOC087108
National 17/05/1995
Programme d’Accélération de la Cadence de l’Agriculture Sénégalaise (PRACAS) Volet agricole du Plan Sénégal Emergent (PSE)
LEX-FAOC147691
National Agriculture
Waste Water Emission Ordinance - Petrol Industry.
LEX-FAOC043201
National waste 28/11/1997
Reglamento nacional de descarga y reutilización de aguas residuales.
LEX-FAOC002521
National 2009
Ministerial Decision No. 118 of 2004 issuing a Regulation for controlling air pollutants released from stationary sources.
LEX-FAOC160184
National 07/08/2004

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