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
Decree No. 219 of 2004 (VII. 21.) Korm. of the Government on the protection of underground waters.
LEX-FAOC091540
National
Order No. 154 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Nuclear Safety validating the Regulation on the modalities of examination of the documentation and issuing authorization for the emission of pollutants in the atmosphere by stationary sources.
LEX-FAOC075310
National 29/12/1995
Law Concerning Special Measures for Conservation of the Environment of the Seto Inland Sea.
LEX-FAOC147707
Regional
Guam Agricultural Expense Insurance – Chapter 56 of 12 GCA – Autonomous Agencies.
LEX-FAOC170818
National Agriculture 14/04/2006
National Strategy for Climate Change and Low Carbon Development
LEX-FAOC076571
National 2011
Republic Act creating the Bureau of Soil Conservation, defining its powers, duties and functions (No. 622).
LEX-FAOC163825
National 05/06/1951
Decreto Nº 3.609 - Reglamento de importación y producción de fertilizantes (Libro II, Título XII del Texto Unificado de la Legislación Secundaria del Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería).
LEX-FAOC159737
National Agriculture
Política Nacional para la Gestión Integral del Recurso Hídrico.
LEX-FAOC107842
National 2010
Decree relative to waste sludge.
LEX-FAOC051977
National Waste
Parks and Trees Regulations 2005 (No. S 519 of 2005).
LEX-FAOC137954
National

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