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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Quality (Clean Air) Regulations, 1978. |
LEX-FAOC119327 |
National | industry | 1978 |
| Order on provisional fertilizer Colemanite, dated the 15th February 2013. |
LEX-FAOC155432 |
National | Agriculture | 15/02/2013 |
| Fertilizer Act of 2003. |
LEX-FAOC143593 |
National | Agriculture | 2003 |
| Regulation on specific content of the application for issuing of the approval for research and testing of new plant nutrition products. |
LEX-FAOC167119 |
National | Agriculture | 15/09/2016 |
| Acuerdo Nº 500 - NTE INEN 995 sobre determinación de nitratos en el agua. |
LEX-FAOC069177 |
National | 26/12/2002 | |
| Decreto Nº 52 - Reglamento para la producción, procesamiento y certificación de productos orgánicos. |
LEX-FAOC129257 |
National | Agriculture | 12/05/2004 |
| Regulation on unit charges, corrective coefficients and detailed criteria and standards for the determination of the environmental charges for the emission of oxides, in the form of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides expressed as nitrogen dioxide. |
LEX-FAOC004309 |
National | 27/05/2004 | |
| Regulation No. 7 making provision in matter of industrial waste water discharges into urban sewerage systems. |
LEX-FAOC046753 |
National | Industry, Waste | 14/11/2000 |
| Acuerdo por el que se expide la Estrategia Nacional de Cambio Climático. |
LEX-FAOC069876 |
National | 30/05/2013 | |
| National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Regulations 2008. |
LEX-FAOC130363 |
National |