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 Sustain3, pp.956–963.

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
National Action Programme for Malawi for the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
LEX-FAOC151405
National 2005
Regulation on procedures for the measurement of emissions from stationary sources.
LEX-FAOC047284
National 01/08/2013
Land Code of the Republic of Moldova.
LEX-FAOC067271
National
Decree No. 278 of 2014 (XI. 14.) Korm. of the Government on the content and the method of preparation of the report related to greenhouse gas emissions, as well as to climate change, on the rules of data reporting and the fine payable in case of infringement of the data reporting obligation.
LEX-FAOC149241
National
Decision No. 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the effort of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Community’s greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments up to 2020.
LEX-FAOC130536
National 23/04/2009
Resolución Nº 403 - Somete a libertad vigilada algunos fertilizantes y plaguicidas de uso agrícola.
LEX-FAOC074249
National Agriculture 17/12/2008
Resolution No. 436/02 / AG - Procedure for the sale of seeds, fertilizers and agrochemicals.
LEX-FAOC084233
National Agriculture 24/04/2002
Environmental Protection Law No.6 of 2017.
LEX-FAOC075256
National 19/03/2017
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Aquaculture) Regulations 2000.
LEX-FAOC173888
National
Resolución Nº 28/008 - Dispónese que las personas que desarrollen actividades de producción y comercialización de agrocombustibles, deben presentar ante la URSEA la información que se determina.
LEX-FAOC038851
National Agriculture 01/04/2008

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