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
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2016 - 2021
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National 04/02/2016
Decreto Nº 133-96: Ley de creación de la Autoridad para el Manejo Sustentable del Lago de Atitlán y su Entorno.
LEX-FAOC033692
Regional 17/12/1996
Regional Act No. 24 regulating, promoting and improving organic farming in Campania.
LEX-FAOC051999
Regional Agriculture 12/08/1993
Exceptional registration of 03 plant protection drugs into the list of those permitted for use in Vietnam.
LEX-FAOC142050
National Agriculture 17/07/2002
Environment Protection and Enhancement Act (RSA 2000, c. E-12).
LEX-FAOC051845
Regional
Order No. 1109 on subsidies for biogas installations.
LEX-FAOC137875
National Agriculture, Energy 23/09/2010
Regional Decree No. 384-P validating the Regulation on regional state supervision over protection of the atmospheric air and waterbodies.
LEX-FAOC019754
Regional 04/09/2013
Waste Water Emission – Chlor-Alkali Electrolysis Ordinance.
LEX-FAOC127104
National waste 03/12/2016
Décret n°00-223/p-rm portant modification des taux de l’impôt spécial sur certains produits (iscp) applicable sur certains intrants agricoles et le sel.
LEX-FAOC082759
National Agriculture 03/05/2000
Regulation on limit values for hazardous and harmful substances in the water which, after purification from the public sewage are discharged into the natural recipient.
LEX-FAOC160733
National Waste 29/06/2007

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