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
Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations, 1995.
LEX-FAOC160422
National Agriculture 30/09/1995
Ministerial Regulation authorizing, exceptionally, the spreading of manure and liquid manure on frozen or snowy ground.
LEX-FAOC016170
National Agriculture 07/12/1998
Climate Protection Law Nordrhein-Westfalen.
LEX-FAOC060869
Regional 29/01/2013
Supreme Decree Nº 015-2017-HOUSING ─ Regulation for the Reuse of Sludge generated in Wastewater Treatment Plants.
LEX-FAOC084681
National waste 21/06/2017
Act on agricultural use of fertilizers and plant cover (No. 388 of 2017).
LEX-FAOC042371
National Agriculture
Climate Change Levy (Fuel Use and Recycling Processes) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 1715 of 2005).
LEX-FAOC047831
National industry 21/07/2005
Decision No. 71/2004/QD-BNN promulgating the Regulation on assay and recognition of new fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC105925
National Agriculture 08/12/2004
Resolución Nº 3.266 - Operatoria para la aplicación del Decreto Nº 24 de 1997, Reglamento de ejecución del Plan para la recuperación de la productividad de suelos.
LEX-FAOC083682
National Agriculture 28/10/1997
Acuerdo Nº 591/99 - Reestructura el Programa integral de protección agrícola ambiental.
LEX-FAOC054265
National Agriculture 04/08/1999
Resolución Nº 351 - Reglamento técnico DGNTI-COPANIT 35-2000 sobre descargas de efluentes líquidos directamente a cuerpos y masas de aguas superficiales y subterráneas.
LEX-FAOC161052
National 26/07/2000

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