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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ministerial Decree No. 1372 validating Technical Regulation on emissions by vehicles circulating on the national territory. |
LEX-FAOC163761 |
National | Transport | 29/12/2007 |
| Regulation on emission limit values of pollutants in water and deadlines for achieving them. |
LEX-FAOC164928 |
National | Waste | 25/08/2011 |
| Protected Area Lainzer Tiergarten Ordinance. |
LEX-FAOC088364 |
Regional | 28/01/2008 | |
| Waste Management and Public Cleansing Law (Law No. 137 of 1970). |
LEX-FAOC164476 |
National | Waste | |
| 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 |
| Ley Nº 320-2004: Regulación de uso de agroquímicos. |
LEX-FAOC168893 |
National | Agriculture | 22/04/2004 |
| Master Plan for Fisheries and Fish Farming in Rwanda |
LEX-FAOC016396 |
2011 | ||
| Presidential Decree No. 2244 on measures for the protection of the Caspian Sea from pollution. |
LEX-FAOC088020 |
National | 20/06/2000 | |
| Regulation No. 263 approving the Lists of Waste Categories, Waste Types and Hazardous Waste. |
LEX-FAOC115020 |
National | waste | 24/11/1998 |
| Ley Nº 144 - Ley de la revolución productiva comunitaria agropecuaria. |
LEX-FAOC023019 |
26/06/2011 |