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
Regulation/GM/No. 0013 classifying domestic water courses in order to protect their quality.
LEX-FAOC123024
National 15/01/1976
Ley Nº 320-2004: Regulación de uso de agroquímicos.
LEX-FAOC168893
National Agriculture 22/04/2004
Ministerial Decision No. 118 of 2004 issuing a Regulation for controlling air pollutants released from stationary sources.
LEX-FAOC160184
National 07/08/2004
Royal Decree determining the sectoral conditions for the discharge of wastewater from the slaughterhouse sector into ordinary surface water and public sewers.
LEX-FAOC009844
National waste 02/08/1985
Decree-Law No. 236/98 establishing water quality standards.
LEX-FAOC092144
National 01/08/1998
Decree laying down details on agrochemical testing of soil and on the storage and use of fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC127147
National Agriculture 21/03/2016
Compost Ordinance.
LEX-FAOC015824
National 14/08/2001
Law No. 2/2013 - Law for the protection and sustainable use of the coast.
LEX-FAOC024974
National 29/05/2013
Clean Air Act 1991.
LEX-FAOC041718
Regional Industry
Water Resources Management Act, 2013 (No. 11 of 2013).
LEX-FAOC102176
National 02/12/2013

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