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
Discharge Reporting Ordinance – Waste Water.
LEX-FAOC027704
Regional waste 11/12/2001
Decreto Nº 27.973/MAG/MEIC/S - Reglamento para el análisis de sustancias químicas y biológicas de uso en la agricultura.
LEX-FAOC080414
National Agriculture 19/05/1998
Supreme Decree No. 037/02 / AG - Modifies Supreme Decree No. 049/01 / AG, on provisions applicable to the National Revolving Fund Commission.
LEX-FAOC095408
National Agriculture 07/06/2002
Directive No. Z/31 of 2003 defining requirements and conditions for the importation of fertilizers and plant growing regulators.
LEX-FAOC061591
National Agriculture 2003
Loi n° 2015-537 du 20 juillet 2015 d'orientation agricole de Côte d'Ivoire.
LEX-FAOC022529
National Agriculture 20/07/2015
NOM-050-ECOL-1993: Niveles máximos permisibles de emisión provenientes del escape de vehículos automotores que usan gases como combustible.
LEX-FAOC169686
National Transport 18/10/1993
Order No. 0613/MoAF.05 of the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry on the Control and Use of Bat Guano in the Country.
LEX-FAOC112271
National Agriculture 08/07/2005
Environmental Quality (Prescribed Premises) (Crude Palm Oil) Regulations 1977.
LEX-FAOC053558
National 21/10/1977
Regional Law No. 66-OZ “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”.
LEX-FAOC079080
Regional Agriculture 17/06/2008
Law of the People's Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Water Pollution.
LEX-FAOC070170
National

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