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
Regulation on the methods and terms for the calculation and payment of compensation for the oxides released in the environment, in the form of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides expressed as nitrogen dioxide.
LEX-FAOC042075
National 07/07/2004
Nutrient Management Act, 2002 ( S.O. 2002, c 4).
LEX-FAOC086616
Regional Agriculture
Décret nº2001/163/PM réglementant les périmètres de protection autour des points de captage, de traitement et de stockage des eaux potabilisables.
LEX-FAOC049048
National 08/05/2001
NMX-AA-118-SCFI-2001: Lista de sustancias a ser reportadas en el registro de emisiones y transferencia de contaminantes.
LEX-FAOC096285
National 2001
Décret n° 2006-503 relatif à la collecte et au traitement des eaux usées mentionnées aux articles L. 2224-8 et L. 2224-10 du code général des collectivités territoriales.
LEX-FAOC097964
National Waste 02/05/2006
Ley Nº 246 - Ley Para establecer la política pública sobre Mitigación del Calentamiento Global en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico.
LEX-FAOC006512
National, Regional 10/08/2008
Decreto Nº 33/95 - Disposiciones para el Control de la Contaminación Proveniente de las Descargas de Aguas Residuales Domésticas, Industriales y Agropecuarias.
LEX-FAOC147694
National Waste 14/06/1995
Machakos County Agricultural Development Fund Act, 2014 (No. 6 of 2014).
LEX-FAOC067581
Regional Agriculture 22/12/2014
Law No. 3.769 amending Law No. 3.686 on the Environmental Licensing System of the State of Rondônia.
LEX-FAOC170802
Regional 21/03/2016
Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry relative to certain fertilizing products (No. 46 of 1994).
LEX-FAOC050666
National Agriculture 21/01/1994

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