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
Emission Ordinance.
LEX-FAOC160007
National waste
Decree approving official methods for analysing fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC167619
National Agriculture 23/09/2011
Agricultural Sector Development Strategy - II 2015/2016 – 2024/2025.
LEX-FAOC065551
National Agriculture 07/07/1905
Directive No. Z/30 of 2003 defining requirements and conditions for the analyzing fertilizers and plant growing regulators.
LEX-FAOC052033
National Agriculture 2003
Law “On protection of the atmospheric air”.
LEX-FAOC027710
National 26/03/2016
Decree-Law No. 236/98 establishing water quality standards.
LEX-FAOC092144
National 01/08/1998
NOM-049-ECOL-1993: Características del equipo para la verificación de los niveles de emisión de gases contaminantes provenientes de motocicletas.
LEX-FAOC135049
National Transport 18/10/1993
Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Act 1995.
LEX-FAOC005823
Regional Waste
Pollution Act (No. 6 of 1981).
LEX-FAOC098883
National
Ministerial Decree No. 881 on the validation of maximum impacts on water bodies.
LEX-FAOC098631
National 30/12/2006

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