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
Stratégie et Plan d’Action pour la mise en œuvre de la Grande Muraille Verte à Djibouti (SGMVD), 2011.
LEX-FAOC049029
National Agriculture 2011
Regulations of Zhejiang Province on prevention and control of pollution caused by emission from motorized vehicles.
LEX-FAOC122138
Regional Transport 22/11/2013
Law No. 51 on protection of atmospheric air.
LEX-FAOC098414
National 12/06/1999
Pollution Charge Act.
LEX-FAOC162314
National
Order No. 01.10.32.4-7 of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Protection validating sanitary and epidemiological standards set for contents of nitrates if foodstuffs of vegetable origin.
LEX-FAOC127989
National Agriculture 29/06/2005
Décret nº 100/242 portant réglementation de l'évacuation des eaux usées en milieu urbain.
LEX-FAOC130015
Regional Waste 31/12/1992
Supreme Decree No. 002/02 / AG - Regulates Emergency Decree No. 129/01, which authorizes the Ministry of Agriculture to sell agricultural goods directly to agricultural producers.
LEX-FAOC113013
National Agriculture 09/01/2002
Environmental Protection Regulation, 2008.
LEX-FAOC086793
Regional Agriculture
Law No. 79-595 on the organization of the control of fertilizers and growing media.
LEX-FAOC070313
National Agriculture 13/07/1979
Ministerial Order No. 258/2010 approving the National Programme for Water Supply and Rural Water Sanitation (PRONASAR).
LEX-FAOC172017
National 30/12/2010

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