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
Ordinance by the governing Council relating to environment protection legislation.
LEX-FAOC153774
National Energy, Industry
Plant Protection Regulations ( Settlement on the Importation and Selling of Chemical Preparations ), 1994
LEX-FAOC105336
National Agriculture 06/10/1994
Environment Protection Act.
LEX-FAOC001696
National
Ordinance by the governing Council relating to environmental legislation.
LEX-FAOC174287
National Energy, Industry 04/10/2011
Agricultural Chemicals (Control) Act, 2006 (No. 1 of 2007).
LEX-FAOC108141
National Agriculture 24/05/2006
Climate Change (Stationary Energy and Industrial Processes) Regulations, 2009.
LEX-FAOC120370
National 28/09/2009
Water Law.
LEX-FAOC069486
National 11/12/2009
Décret 2011-671 du 05 octobre fixant les procédures de délimitation des périmètres de protection.
LEX-FAOC116297
National 05/10/2011
Decree No. 45/2004 approving the Regulation on the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
LEX-FAOC161138
National 29/09/2004
Regulation on reporting to the National database on emissions of greenhouse gases and other substances.
LEX-FAOC102729
National 28/12/2010

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