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
Law on specially protected natural areas.
LEX-FAOC146570
National 2006
Regulation on national general survey of pollution sources.
LEX-FAOC143764
National 09/10/2007
Ethiopian Agricultural Sample Enumeration Commission Establishment Proclamation (No. 238/2001).
LEX-FAOC104090
National Agriculture 31/05/2001
Royal Decree No. 1,078 / 2015 - Regulates the direct granting of aid for the acquisition of alternative energy vehicles and for the implementation of electric vehicle charging points in 2016, MOVEA.
LEX-FAOC079774
National Transport 27/11/2015
Instruction on calculation of environmental fees for the pollution of atmospheric air by stationary sources.
LEX-FAOC128469
National 15/05/1996
Law on public sewage disposal facilities.
LEX-FAOC118965
Regional waste
Water Pollution (Jersey) Law 2000.
LEX-FAOC149365
Regional
Waste Water Emission Ordinance - Stabilisers.
LEX-FAOC161631
National waste 18/07/2000
Law No.1 of 2007 establishing Ministry of Agriculture in Iraqi Kurdistan.
LEX-FAOC045642
National Agriculture 03/04/2007
Decree No. 17 of the Chief Sanitary Inspector validating Hygienic safety requirements for testing, storage, transportation, trade, application, disinfection and recycling of pesticides and agrochemicals.
LEX-FAOC101404
National Agriculture 02/03/2010

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