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
Royal Decree determining the sectoral conditions for the discharge of wastewater from the slaughterhouse sector into ordinary surface water and public sewers.
LEX-FAOC009844
National waste 02/08/1985
Decree laying down details on agrochemical testing of soil and on the storage and use of fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC127147
National Agriculture 21/03/2016
Egyptian Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2015-2030.
LEX-FAOC052165
National 2016-01
Decree-Law No. 37/2016 approving the Boa Vista Island Conservation Strategy and Plan.
LEX-FAOC149617
National 17/03/2016
Cabinet Regulation No. 83 of 2007 on the State Fee for the Registration of a Fertiliser and a Substrate or Receipt of a Permit for the Importation or Sale of a Fertiliser and a Substrate, also the Procedures for Payment Thereof
LEX-FAOC112078
National Agriculture
Council Directive 91/271/EEC concerning urban waste water treatment.
LEX-FAOC051492
National waste 21/05/1991
Decreto Nº 5.218 - Declara como bienes de primera necesidad los fertilizantes nitrogenados.
LEX-FAOC105177
National Agriculture 26/02/2007
Water Resources Management Act, 2013 (No. 11 of 2013).
LEX-FAOC102176
National 02/12/2013
Environment Protection Act 1993.
LEX-FAOC126914
Regional
Decision of the State Council on several issues concerning environmental protection.
LEX-FAOC142895
National 03/08/1996

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