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
Resolution No 42 of 2014 of Georgian Government on Taking Inventory of Stationary Sources of Air Pollution
LEX-FAOC024699
National 06/01/2014
Resolution No. 50 of 2001 issuing the Implementing Regulation of Law No. 20 of 1998 on seeds and fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC061825
National Agriculture 12/02/2001
Cooperation Agreement on agricultural quarantine between Syria and Jordan.
LEX-FAOC160042
International Agriculture 21/08/2002
Arrêté N° 31384/2012 portant modification de certaines dispositions de l’arrêté n° 35742/2010 du 05 octobre 2010 relatif aux conditions d’octroi de l’agrément vétérinaire et du contrôle sanitaire des établissements se livrant au traitement et à la commercialisation du guano.
LEX-FAOC139365
National Agriculture 07/12/2012
Instruction No. c806 on organization and carrying out inspections of the state and protection of water.
LEX-FAOC060782
National 14/12/2004
Ley de Mitigación y Adaptación al Cambio Climático y Desarrollo Sustentable para el Distrito Federal.
LEX-FAOC130702
Regional Agriculture 02/12/2010
Import and Export of Goods (Control)(Guernsey) Order, 1990 (G.S.I. No. 24 of 1990).
LEX-FAOC031122
Regional Agriculture 18/09/1990
Resolution No. 4 of 2003 on requirements and conditions for the importation of organic fertilizers and soil.
LEX-FAOC121985
National Agriculture 19/08/2003
Water Pollution Control (Waste Effluent Water Standards) Regulations (Government Notice No. 609 of 1971).
LEX-FAOC141781
National waste 23/07/1971
Notification No. 2012/73 on sensory properties of fishery products and volatile total base nitrogen limits.
LEX-FAOC052981
National Agriculture: Aquaculture 21/11/2012

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