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 Sustain3, 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
Decree No. 2016/8541 of the Council of Ministers on agricultural investment support related to rural development within the scope of rural development.
LEX-FAOC125748
National Agriculture 26/02/2016
Décret nº 98-556 portant application des dispositions du Code de l'Eau relatives à la police de l'eau.
LEX-FAOC001323
National 25/06/1998
Ordonnance sur la réduction des émissions de CO2 (Ordonnance sur le CO2).
LEX-FAOC025095
National
National Agriculture Investment Plan (PNISA) 2013–2017.
LEX-FAOC013467
National Agriculture 2012
Law on Organic Food
LEX-FAOC098283
National Agriculture 07/04/2016
Order No. 370 on subsidy for the maintenance of wetlands and natural water level conditions.
LEX-FAOC097996
National 26/04/2012
Regulation of Hubei Province on prevention and control of water pollution.
LEX-FAOC031570
Regional 22/01/2014
Decreto Nº 618/90 - Reglamenta la Ley Nº 1.173, que determina un sistema de protección de la salud humana y de los ecosistemas y optimiza la utilización de agroquímicos.
LEX-FAOC053405
National Agriculture 30/03/1990
Order No. 105 of the President of State Committee on Environmental Protection validating the Regulation on registration of sources of emission of pollutants by industrial enterprises.
LEX-FAOC004585
National 15/12/2005
Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulation No. 1851.
LEX-FAOC051970
National Industry 23/12/2004

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