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
Presidential Decree NO. 992 creating the National Fertilizer Corporation of the Philippines (FERTIPHIL).
LEX-FAOC082066
National Agriculture 02/09/1976
Water Quality Regulations 2009.
LEX-FAOC128916
Local 2009-07
Clean Air Act 1991.
LEX-FAOC041718
Regional Industry
Regional Decree No. 12/2013/A approving the Hydrographical basin land use planning of Lagoas do Fogo, Congro, São Brás and Serra Devassa, within the Island of São Miguel.
LEX-FAOC163890
Regional 10/09/2013
Ley que crea la empresa descentralizada denominada «Fertilizantes de Tlaxcala».
LEX-FAOC121218
Regional Agriculture 25/10/1977
Decree of the State Minister of Environmental Affairs No. KEP-35/MENLH/7/1995 on the Clean-River Programme.
LEX-FAOC149156
National 25/07/1995
Order of 1 October 2007 on the charge for pollution of water by livestock farming activities.
LEX-FAOC077963
National Agriculture 01/10/2007
Regulation on methods for the monitoring of forest ecosystem damage.
LEX-FAOC098255
National 06/05/2010
Regional Act No. 36 on the enhancement and promotion of quality agriculture and setting rules for the organic production in the Liguria Region.
LEX-FAOC114452
National Agriculture 06/12/1999
Punjab Agricultural Development and Supplies Corporation Act, 1973 (Pb. Act No. XXI of 1973).
LEX-FAOC114630
National Agriculture

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