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
Décret 2011-671 du 05 octobre fixant les procédures de délimitation des périmètres de protection.
LEX-FAOC116297
National 05/10/2011
Resolution No. 551 of 2003 defining the land borderlines of Sala Spring in the zone of Assuwaida to prevent pollution.
LEX-FAOC005728
Regional 23/03/2003
Regulation on reporting to the National database on emissions of greenhouse gases and other substances.
LEX-FAOC102729
National 28/12/2010
Ministerial Decree No. 193 validating the Regulation on state registration of the atmospheric air.
LEX-FAOC004005
National 10/04/1995
Resolución Nº 539 - Reglamento de compras de insumos agropecuarios.
LEX-FAOC097919
National Agriculture 12/12/2007
Ministerial Decree No. 31 validating Regulation on state control over protection of atmospheric air.
LEX-FAOC086060
National 15/01/2001
Ley de Desarrollo Agrícola Sustentable para el Estado de Hidalgo.
LEX-FAOC161835
Regional Agriculture 19/07/2006
Instruction on state supervision over protection of atmospheric air against emissions by vehicles.
LEX-FAOC093866
National Transport 16/12/1999
Order 46/1978 of 19 April 1978 on preserved area of natural accumulation of water on Zitný ostrov.
LEX-FAOC139570
National
Circular on technical procedures in controlling water pollution.
LEX-FAOC051217
National Waste 07/01/1991

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