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
Circular No. 1 of 1993 on the Protection of Wetlands.
LEX-FAOC155124
National 11/01/1993
Decree No. 1 of the Ministry of Public Health validating Hygienic regulation “Approximate permissible concentration of ammonium nitrogen in soil for all categories of land”.
LEX-FAOC167757
National Agriculture 04/01/2014
Regulation on the monitoring program for nitrates in foods.
LEX-FAOC033902
National Agriculture 19/03/2014
Stratégie et Plan d’Action pour la mise en œuvre de la Grande Muraille Verte à Djibouti (SGMVD), 2011.
LEX-FAOC049029
National Agriculture 2011
Resolución Nº 619 - Permiso de emisión atmosférica para fuentes fijas.
LEX-FAOC148556
National 07/07/1997
Ordonnance nº 045\PRG\87 portant Code sur la protection et la mise en valeur de l'environnement.
LEX-FAOC015407
National 28/05/1987
Pollution Charge Act.
LEX-FAOC162314
National
Water Protection Regulation of 2005.
LEX-FAOC132553
National 2005
Norma AG-CC-01 sobre calidad del agua y control de descargas.
LEX-FAOC090964
National 2001
Supreme Decree No. 037/02 / AG - Modifies Supreme Decree No. 049/01 / AG, on provisions applicable to the National Revolving Fund Commission.
LEX-FAOC095408
National Agriculture 07/06/2002

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