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
Ley Nº 7017-C ─ Ley para la importación y control de la calidad de agroquímicos.
LEX-FAOC031446
National Agriculture 13/12/1985
Fertilizers, Farm Feeds and Remedies Act (Cap. 67:04).
LEX-FAOC051710
National Agriculture
Norma NA-AI-002-03 sobre control de las emisiones de contaminantes atmosféricos provenientes de fuentes fijas.
LEX-FAOC149097
National 2003
Resolución Conjunta - Dispensa temporal para productores del permiso para adquisición, transporte, uso y almacenamiento de abonos minerales.
LEX-FAOC107837
National Agriculture 12/04/2012
Regulation establishing reference values for certain substances in the air.
LEX-FAOC033939
National 26/01/2010
No. 604 Decree of the State Council promulgating the Regulations on Taihu Basin Management of the People's Republic of China.
LEX-FAOC031302
National 07/09/2011
Decreto Nº 104/93 - Ley General del Medio Ambiente.
LEX-FAOC134048
National 08/06/1993
Agricultural Credits Act, 2010 (No. 35 of 2010).
LEX-FAOC027740
National Agriculture 14/11/2010
Regulation No. 2 of the Ministry of Health regarding the maximum admissible hazardous contaminant levels in communities’ ambient air.
LEX-FAOC066882
National
Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations Listing Notice 1 of 2014 (No. R. 983 of 2014).
LEX-FAOC114554
National 04/12/2014

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