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
Resolution No. 50 of 2001 issuing the Implementing Regulation of Law No. 20 of 1998 on seeds and fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC061825
National Agriculture 12/02/2001
Decree-Law No. 26/2012 establishing the Environmental Basic Legislation.
LEX-FAOC074468
National 26/06/2012
Royal Decree determining the sectoral conditions for dumping, in ordinary surface waters and public sewers, of wastewater from the sugar industry as well as beet mills.
LEX-FAOC142410
National waste
Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 786 of 2016).
LEX-FAOC064137
National 20/07/2016
Government Regulation on Rivers (No. 35 of 1991).
LEX-FAOC091380
National 14/06/1991
Nkansi District Council (Cultivation of Agricultural Land) By-laws (G.N. No. 111 of 1994).
LEX-FAOC138747
Local Agriculture 29/06/1993
Decision No. 71/2004/QD-BNN promulgating the Regulation on assay and recognition of new fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC105925
National Agriculture 08/12/2004
Regulation No. 381 of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources on calculation of atmospheric pollution.
LEX-FAOC011022
National 15/10/2004
Regulation regarding the controls of sales, transport and stock notifications of chemical fertilizers containing nitrate nitrogen.
LEX-FAOC004640
National Agriculture 10/10/2015
Environmental Protection Law.
LEX-FAOC037076
National

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