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
Ordonnance sur le registre des rejets de polluants et des transferts de déchets et de polluants dans les eaux usées (ORRTP).
LEX-FAOC060036
National Industry
Regulation on Waste Landfilling.
LEX-FAOC122226
National Waste 2010
Disposición Nº 119/07 - Modificación del Sistema Federal de Fiscalización de Agroquímicos y Biológicos.
LEX-FAOC124906
National Agriculture 19/07/2007
Ley Nº 39 - Ley para establecer la Carta de Derechos y Deberes del Agricultor.
LEX-FAOC158863
Regional Agriculture 27/01/2006
Environment, Health and Consumer Protection Fees Ordinance.
LEX-FAOC046927
Regional
11th Federal Immission Protection Ordinance,
LEX-FAOC027713
National industry
Decree No. 219 of 2004 (VII. 21.) Korm. of the Government on the protection of underground waters.
LEX-FAOC091540
National
Water Pollution Control (Archive) Regulations, 1998 (P.I. 116/98).
LEX-FAOC062384
National 16/04/1998
Order No. 154 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Nuclear Safety validating the Regulation on the modalities of examination of the documentation and issuing authorization for the emission of pollutants in the atmosphere by stationary sources.
LEX-FAOC075310
National 29/12/1995
Ministerial Decree No. 206 on preparation and approval of schemes of use and protection of water resources and state expertise on these schemes.
LEX-FAOC165579
National 15/10/1998

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