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
Resolución Nº 596 - Reglamento Técnico DGNTI-COPANIT 21-393-99 sobre la toma de muestra para determinar las características del agua.
LEX-FAOC104129
National 12/11/1999
Environmental Protection Law No.6 of 2017.
LEX-FAOC075256
National 19/03/2017
Decree No. 25 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating some protected area hydrological nature monuments in the province of Grodno.
LEX-FAOC119235
Local 05/06/2015
Environmental Protection (Air) Policy 2008.
LEX-FAOC104191
Regional 01/01/2009
Land Code of the Republic of Moldova.
LEX-FAOC067271
National
National Programme for Food Security in the Syrian Arab Republic.
LEX-FAOC109210
National Agriculture 2010-08
Acuerdo Nº 191/11 - Reglamento Interno del Comité Nacional de Agricultura Orgánica de Honduras (CNAOH).
LEX-FAOC161428
National Agriculture 15/02/2011
Ordonnance sur la limitation et l’élimination des déchets (Ordonnance sur les déchets, OLED).
LEX-FAOC149245
National Waste
Resolution No. 108-2017-MINAM ─ Guide for the determination of the mixing zone and the evaluation of the impact of a discharge of treated wastewater to a natural body of water.
LEX-FAOC142516
National waste 11/05/2017
Regulation No.60 of the Minister of transport and Communications regarding procedure for reception of bilge water, sewage and other pollutants from ships.
LEX-FAOC110179
National Transport, Waste 13/07/2000

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