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
Resolución Nº 264/2011 - Apruébase el Reglamento para el Registro de Fertilizantes, Enmiendas, Sustratos, Acondicionadores, Protectores y Materias Primas en la República Argentina.
LEX-FAOC169701
National Agriculture 09/05/2011
Arrêté nº 141/MSP/LCE/DGSP/DS fixant les normes de potabilité des eaux de boisson.
LEX-FAOC074999
National 27/09/2004
National Solid Waste Management Authority Act.
LEX-FAOC158280
National Waste
Loi nº 2005-30 portant Code de l'eau.
LEX-FAOC089856
National 02/02/2005
Royal Decree determining the sectoral conditions for dumping, in ordinary surface waters, of wastewater from establishments in the coking oven sector.
LEX-FAOC154396
National waste 03/02/1988
Ley Nº 836/80 - Código Sanitario.
LEX-FAOC130701
National 15/12/1980
Décret nº D/97/205/PRG/SGG portant exonération de droits et taxes à l'importation d'intrants et de matériels à usage agricole, de pêche et d'élevage.
LEX-FAOC051935
National Agriculture 18/09/1997
Atmospheric Pollution (Prevention) Act (Chapter 65:03).
LEX-FAOC054338
National 14/05/1971
Nuisance Abatement Regulations (Air Pollution from Road Vehicles), 2001
LEX-FAOC134365
National Transport
Ordonnance sur la protection de l’air (OPair).
LEX-FAOC145829
National

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