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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flora Protection Act, 2000. |
LEX-FAOC053040 |
National | 22/09/2000 | |
| Stratégie Nationale de Développement de la Riziculture (SNDR) 2010. |
LEX-FAOC148818 |
National | Agriculture | 2010 |
| Regulation on maximum allowable concentration of pollutants in the atmospheric air in the area of growing of forest forming species. |
LEX-FAOC033613 |
National | 10/05/1995 | |
| Acuerdo Nº 140 - Marco institucional para incentivos ambientales. |
LEX-FAOC010326 |
National | 21/09/2015 | |
| East Pakistan Water Pollution Control Ordinance (No. V of 1970). |
LEX-FAOC061561 |
National | 14/02/1970 | |
| Regulation on the content, form and manner for keeping the water records. |
LEX-FAOC137951 |
National | 18/10/2010 | |
| Decree establishing types of fertilizers, composition, packaging and labelling of fertilizers, analytical methods of testing fertilizers, hazardous elements, their limit values for individual groups of fertilizers, allowed offsets and limit values for faming fertilizers. |
LEX-FAOC160125 |
National | Agriculture | 23/05/2005 |
| Resolución Nº 90/011 - Fíjanse los parámetros microbiológicos y físico-químicos a analizar en las muestras oficiales de agua. |
LEX-FAOC138566 |
National | 14/07/2011 | |
| Resolución Nº 389 - Somete a libertad vigilada algunos fertilizantes y plaguicidas de uso agrícola. |
LEX-FAOC160251 |
National | Agriculture | 26/12/2011 |
| Law concerning special measures for the preservation of Lake Water quality, Law No.61,amended by Law 69 of 1986. |
LEX-FAOC167732 |
National | 27/07/1984 |