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 532 - Ley de promoción agrícola y ganadera.
LEX-FAOC077905
National Agriculture 12/12/1969
Decision No. 28/QD-TTg approving the National Scheme on control of micro-organism contamination and chemical residues in foodstuffs in the period from 2003 to 2010.
LEX-FAOC065950
National Agriculture 06/01/2003
Nkansi District Council (Cultivation of Agricultural Land) By-laws (G.N. No. 111 of 1994).
LEX-FAOC138747
Local Agriculture 29/06/1993
Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction and Administration Act.
LEX-FAOC100321
Regional 01/07/2015
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2015-2020 (NBSAP).
LEX-FAOC021723
National 2015-06
Emission Trading Act.
LEX-FAOC113770
National 19/09/2012
Decreto Nº 239 - Reglamenta la protección de datos sobre seguridad y/o eficacia dentro del procedimiento de registro y autorización de comercialización de productos químicos de uso agrícola.
LEX-FAOC110004
National Agriculture 30/08/2012
Law No. 723-IQ on water supply and effluent wastewater.
LEX-FAOC121297
National Waste 28/10/1999
Loi nº 94-037 portant Code de l'eau.
LEX-FAOC074115
National 21/12/1994
Sea water quality standard (National Standard GB 3097-1997).
LEX-FAOC132993
National 01/07/1998

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