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
Ministerial Decree No. 199 on environmental fees.
LEX-FAOC050970
National 01/05/2003
Arrêté A/2017/009/MPAEM/CAB/SGG du 10 janvier 2017, fixant les critères d'analyses microbiologiques et chimiques applicables aux produits de la pêche et de l'aquaculture destinés à la consommation humaine.
LEX-FAOC166580
National 10/01/2017
Regulation relative to restrictions on the use of fertilisers as a requirement of environment protection (No. 23 of 1994).
LEX-FAOC004825
National Agriculture 04/07/1994
Environment Protection Law.
LEX-FAOC068626
National 29/09/2002
Resolución Nº 38 - Crea el Programa Fertifuturo.
LEX-FAOC047056
National Agriculture 12/02/2009
Afghanistan Food Security and Nutrition Agenda (AFSANA) 2012.
LEX-FAOC090053
National Agriculture 2012
Regulation on conditions for the operation of waste incineration plants.
LEX-FAOC161671
Regional Waste 09/05/2006
Standard for pollution control on the municipal solid waste incineration (National Standard GB 18485-2001)。.
LEX-FAOC140070
National Waste 12/11/2001
Acuerdo Nº 236/06 - Reglamento de las descargas y reusos de aguas residuales y de la disposición de lodos.
LEX-FAOC098690
National 05/05/2006
Order No. 497 on Environmental Surveillance.
LEX-FAOC061831
National 15/05/2013

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