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
Environment (Prescribed Activities) Regulation 2002.
LEX-FAOC095823
National
Law of 1996 on environmental protection.
LEX-FAOC112747
National 10/12/1996
Decree of 11 June 2001 on waste classification to the Green Waste List, th Amber Waste List and the Red Waste List and on document specimens required for the shipment of waste.
LEX-FAOC051575
National waste 11/06/2001
Regulation on waste categories with lists.
LEX-FAOC140161
National Waste 27/01/2005
Regional Act No. 39 on the promotion of geodiversity, geosites and karst areas in Liguria.
LEX-FAOC139273
Regional 06/10/2009
Décret nº 2003-943 du 09 septembre 2003 relatif aux déversements, écoulements rejets, dépôts directs ou indirects dans les eaux superficielles ou souterraines.
LEX-FAOC170230
National Waste 09/09/2003
Decreto Nº 121 - Reglamento para la producción, transformación y comercialización de productos agropecuarios orgánicos.
LEX-FAOC128233
National Agriculture 08/09/2015
Clean Air Act.
LEX-FAOC146838
National 18/12/2003
Resolution No. 367 of 2014 of Georgian Government on First Sanitary Protection Zone of Mineral Water Lots No 1-21 of Borjomi Deposit
LEX-FAOC011133
National 06/06/2014
Ozone Assessment Ordinance.
LEX-FAOC100470
National 27/02/2004

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