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
Resolución Nº 26 - Establece las bases, regulaciones y controles en materia de precios y volúmenes de urea.
LEX-FAOC150744
National Agriculture 01/04/2016
Environment Protection Act.
LEX-FAOC079098
National
Law on the system of protected territories.
LEX-FAOC016867
National 07/03/1996
Resolución Nº 187 - Reglamento para la producción primaria, procesamiento, empacado, etiquetado, almacenamiento, certificación, importación, comercialización de productos agropecuarios ecológicos.
LEX-FAOC172167
National Agriculture 31/07/2006
Law on environmental protection and pollution fight, amended by Royal Decree No. 63 of 1985.
LEX-FAOC129192
National 1985
Law No. 12.890 amending Law No. 6.894 including re-mineralisers as a category of input destined to agriculture.
LEX-FAOC097810
National Agriculture 10/12/2013
Water Pollution Control Law Enforcement Regulations (Order No. 2 of June 1971 amended by Order No. 41 of 1971, No. 69 of 1974, No. 2 of 1976, No. 30 of 1979, No. 29 of 1985 and No. 67 of 1986).
LEX-FAOC041074
National 02/06/1971
Decreto Nº 39994-MAG ─ Reglamento técnico RTCR 485:2016. Sustancias químicas. Fertilizantes y enmiendas para uso agrícola. Tolerancias y límites permitidos para la concentración de los elementos y contaminantes.
LEX-FAOC031888
National Agriculture 24/10/2016
Waste Disposal Site Ordinance 2008.
LEX-FAOC111128
National waste
Resolution Conama No. 382 establishing maximum limits for atmospheric polluting emissions.
LEX-FAOC055020
National 26/12/2006

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