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
Arrêté du 14 février 2000 modifiant l'arrêté du 2 février 1998 relatif aux prélèvements et à la consommation d'eau ainsi qu'aux émissions de toute nature des installations classées pour la protection de l'environnement soumise à autorisation.
LEX-FAOC061985
National Agriculture 14/02/2000
Climate Change Levy (Fuel Use and Recycling Processes) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 1715 of 2005).
LEX-FAOC047831
National industry 21/07/2005
Acuerdo Nº 279 - NTE INEN 2 022 sobre la granulometría de fertilizantes.
LEX-FAOC077805
National Agriculture 16/06/1998
Regulation on the emission of substances into the air from industrial plants dealing with the production of ceramics and clay products.
LEX-FAOC121347
National industry 05/04/2007
Climate Protection Act.
LEX-FAOC088387
National
Resolution No. 291/09 / ANA - Authorizations for discharges and reuse of treated wastewater.
LEX-FAOC034923
National waste 01/06/2009
Regulations Regarding Air Dispersion Modelling (No. R. 533 of 2014).
LEX-FAOC015069
National 11/07/2014
Ministerial Decision No. 32/2015 approving the Internal Regulation of the Technical Advisory Committee on Fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC168025
National Agriculture 04/02/2015
Canadian Environmental Protection Act 1999 (S.C. 1999, c. 33).
LEX-FAOC146433
National
Resolución Conjunta - Dispensa temporal a transportistas para el transporte de abonos minerales o químicos.
LEX-FAOC085010
National Agriculture 20/06/2012

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