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
Decreto Nº 1.137 - Normas para el pago de subsidio de insumos agroquimicos para productores agropecuarios.
LEX-FAOC125312
National Agriculture 13/06/2008
Arrêté du 25 avril 1995 modifiant l'arrêté du 1er mars 1993 relatif aux prélèvements et à la consommation d'eau ainsi qu'aux émissions de toute nature des installations classées pour la protection de l'environnement soumise à autorisation.
LEX-FAOC148706
National Waste 25/04/1995
Act relative to the management of natural resources (1987:12).
LEX-FAOC075677
National
Local Government (Water Pollution) Regulations (S.I. No. 108 of 1978).
LEX-FAOC051707
National waste 05/04/1978
Environmental Protection and Management (Air Impurities) Regulations (No. S 595/2000).
LEX-FAOC011465
National
National Environmental Quality Standards (Certification of Environmental Laboratories) Regulations, 2000.
LEX-FAOC169885
National 10/02/2000
Decree of the Ministry of Industry and Trade No. 38/MPP/KEP/3/1996 on the procurement and distribution of fertiliser for the sector of agriculture.
LEX-FAOC097949
National Agriculture 06/03/1996
Law No.221 of 2000 on Water Sector Organization.
LEX-FAOC054266
National
Resolution No. 49/2015 establishing National Plan for Management and Coral Conservation.
LEX-FAOC020804
National 11/06/2015
Ley Nº 6.186 - Ley de fomento agrícola.
LEX-FAOC113155
National Agriculture 12/02/1963

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