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 Sustain3, pp.956–963.

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
Law of 2009 approving the Act on fertilizers, nutrients and soil amendments of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.
LEX-FAOC068785
International Agriculture
Decree-Law No. 8/2004 ruling on water quality and classification.
LEX-FAOC144243
National 23/02/2004
Regulation on the use of incentives for organic production
LEX-FAOC099537
National Agriculture 13/05/2014
Environment Charges Ordinance.
LEX-FAOC081144
Regional
Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Review of IEE and EIA) Regulations, 2000.
LEX-FAOC104750
National 2000
Decree No. 474/2000 of the Ministry of Environment on the determination of the quantity of emitted pollutants, method and conditions of determination, monitoring and presentation of data on compliance with defined emission limits and general operational conditions and on technical equipment requirements for monitoring of emissions and polluting substances.
LEX-FAOC005251
National 15/12/2000
Fertilizers and Animal Foodstuffs Act (Cap. 345).
LEX-FAOC145138
National Agriculture
Arrêté conjoint du ministre de l'intérieur, du ministre de l’énergie, des mines, de l’eau et de l’environnement, du ministre de l’industrie, du commerce et des nouvelles technologies et du ministre de l’artisanat N° 2942-13 du 1er hija 1434 (7 octobre 2013) fixant les valeurs limites générales de rejet dans les eaux superficielles ou souterraines.
LEX-FAOC167268
National 07/10/2013
Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe.
LEX-FAOC043615
National 21/05/2008
Arrêté du ministre de l'environnement et du développement durable du 6 mai 2015, fixant la liste des domaines d'activités polluantes de l'air pour lesquels les exploitants d'installations y opérant sont tenus de contrôler les polluants de l'air à la source et de connecter leurs installations au réseau national de surveillance de la qualité de l'air.
LEX-FAOC013923
National 06/05/2015

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