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
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 USC 1451-1466).
LEX-FAOC119325
National Agriculture
Regulation on suspension of equipment, installations, works, proceedings, enterprises and organization infringing environmental protection terms and conditions.
LEX-FAOC062825
National 22/03/1995
Order No. 508 on prevention of air pollution from ships and platforms.
LEX-FAOC112300
National Transport 18/06/2005
Water quality standard for fisheries.
LEX-FAOC143125
National Agriculture: Aquaculture 12/08/1989
Arrêté interministériel n°188/CAB/MIN/AGRI./2013 et n° 1016/CAB/MIN/FINANCES/2013 du 03 septembre 2013 portant fixation des taux des droits, taxes et redevances à percevoir à l’initiative du Ministère de l’Agriculture et Développement Rural.
LEX-FAOC103147
National Agriculture 03/09/2013
Instruction on calculation of environmental fees for the pollution of atmospheric air by stationary sources.
LEX-FAOC128469
National 15/05/1996
Normative Instruction No. 35 regulating registration, packaging, labelling of soil corrective substances and other products used in agriculture.
LEX-FAOC144752
National Agriculture 04/07/2006
Salzburg Thermal and Medicinal Waters and Health Resort Law 1997.
LEX-FAOC076240
National
Climate Change (Liquid Fossil Fuels) Regulations, 2008.
LEX-FAOC064980
National 29/09/2008
Ministerial Decree No. 959 on the state hydrometeorological audit.
LEX-FAOC163093
National 23/09/1993

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