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
Reglamento ambiental de uso y manejo de agroquímicos y sus residuos en producción hortícola.
LEX-FAOC092518
National Agriculture 2001
Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-182-SSA1-2010: Etiquetado de nutrientes vegetales.
LEX-FAOC130212
National Agriculture 06/01/2011
Resolution No 414 of 2013 of Georgian Government on Calculation of Permitted Limits of Contaminants in Waters Flowing into Surface Water Objects
LEX-FAOC011136
National 31/12/2013
Decree No. 30 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating the Regulation on classification of objects causing impact on the atmospheric air.
LEX-FAOC103511
National 29/05/2009
Regulations of Shandong Province on protection of lakes
LEX-FAOC074834
Regional 27/09/2012
Regulation on conditions for the operation of waste incineration plants.
LEX-FAOC100433
National Waste 02/02/2005
Regulation on contents and method of preparing the annual information on air quality.
LEX-FAOC099364
National 24/05/2012
Regulation on tracking of greenhouse gas emissions.
LEX-FAOC005810
National 17/05/2014
Resolution No.1042/1 of 2013 regulating the import of fertilizers and soil conditioners in Lebanon.
LEX-FAOC143885
National Agriculture 07/11/2013
Law of Mongolia on Water.
LEX-FAOC010245
National

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