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
Reglamento de la Ley General de Cambio Climático en Materia del Registro Nacional de Emisiones.
LEX-FAOC117015
National 24/10/2014
Law No. 723-IQ on water supply and effluent wastewater.
LEX-FAOC121297
National Waste 28/10/1999
Loi n°1/05 du 12 mars 2010 portant réglementation de la production et de la commercialisation des fertilisants et des amendements de sols au Burundi.
LEX-FAOC146340
National Agriculture 12/03/2010
Chief Executive Order No. 356/2010 approving new standards for polluting gas emissions.
LEX-FAOC116155
Regional Transport 29/11/2010
Decision No. 939/QD-TTg approving the master plan on socio-economic development of the Mekong River delta through 2020.
LEX-FAOC098237
Regional 19/07/2012
Decree of the State Minister for Environmental affairs No. 110/2003 on the Guidelines on stipulation of accomodating capacity of load of water pollution in water sources.
LEX-FAOC038306
National
NMX-AA-003-1980: Lineamientos para muestrear las descargas de aguas residuales.
LEX-FAOC053781
National Waste 25/03/1980
Regulation on emission limit values of pollutants in water and deadlines for their achievement.
LEX-FAOC154118
National Waste 25/08/2011
Regulation on specific content of the application for issuing of the approval for research and testing of new plant nutrition products.
LEX-FAOC167119
National Agriculture 15/09/2016
Decreto Nº 152/013 - Díctanse normas relativas a la gestión de los residuos derivados del uso de productos químicos o biológicos en la actividad agropecuaria, hortofrutícola y forestal.
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National Agriculture, Waste 21/05/2013

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