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
Ordinance on emission threshold values to protect eco-systems and vegetation.
LEX-FAOC084733
National 14/08/2001
Arrêté nº 140/MSP/LCE/ du 27 septembre 2004, fixant les normes de rejet des déchets dans les milieux naturels.
LEX-FAOC074387
National Waste 27/09/2004
Regulation (EC) No. 2150/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste statistics.
LEX-FAOC048909
National waste 25/11/2002
Agreement Between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America on Air Quality.
LEX-FAOC149733
International 13/03/1991
Governmental Order No. 606 on handling of waste.
LEX-FAOC038876
National waste 29/09/1992
Law No. 14.090 establishing the State Policy to cope with Climate Change.
LEX-FAOC052157
17/06/2010
Regulation on state registration and supervision of water management.
LEX-FAOC060781
National
Regulation on the waste catalog.
LEX-FAOC061584
National waste 03/08/2015
Royal Decree determining the sectorial conditions of discharge, in ordinary surface waters and in public sewers of wastewater coming from the pharmaceutical industry.
LEX-FAOC142415
National waste 19/02/1987
Ley Nº 81 - Ley del Medio Ambiente.
LEX-FAOC099133
National Agriculture 11/07/1997

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