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
Règlement c/reg.13/12/12 du 02 décembre 2012 relatif au contrôle de qualité des engrais dans l'espace CEDEAO.
LEX-FAOC067452
International Agriculture 02/12/2012
Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration.
LEX-FAOC168232
National 12/12/2006
NMX-AA-097-1986: Método para la determinación de amoniaco en gases que fluyen por un conducto.
LEX-FAOC140189
National 1986
Resolución Nº 601 - Norma de calidad del aire o nivel de inmisión para todo el territorio nacional.
LEX-FAOC068760
National 04/04/2006
Water Resources Management Act, 2011 (No. 21 of 2011).
LEX-FAOC034181
National 15/04/2011
Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China.
LEX-FAOC134294
National 26/12/1989
Clean Air Conservation Act.
LEX-FAOC042110
National
Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997 (Act No. XXXIV of 1997).
LEX-FAOC171445
National 06/12/1997
Law No. 34/2007 - Law on air quality and protection of the atmosphere.
LEX-FAOC125696
National 15/11/2007
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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