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
Arrêté conjoint du ministre de l'intérieur, du ministre de l’énergie, des mines, de l’eau et de l’environnement, du ministre de l’industrie, du commerce et des nouvelles technologies et du ministre de l’artisanat N° 2942-13 du 1er hija 1434 (7 octobre 2013) fixant les valeurs limites générales de rejet dans les eaux superficielles ou souterraines.
LEX-FAOC167268
National 07/10/2013
National Parks Act (Chapter 198a) revised version 1996.
LEX-FAOC014414
National 01/07/1996
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
Resolution No. 68/2005 establishing the National Classification System for Emissions according to air pollution sources (SNIERPA).
LEX-FAOC030654
National 17/03/2005
Regulation on maximum levels for certain contaminants in food.
LEX-FAOC132153
National Agriculture 12/02/2009
Swiss National Forest Programme (Swiss NFP) - Action Programme 2004–2015.
LEX-FAOC111413
National 2004
Decreto Nº 27.012/MEIC - Reglamento técnico RTCR 359/1998: Determinación del tamaño de partícula de los fertilizantes.
LEX-FAOC016992
National Agriculture 05/01/1998
National Conservation Law, 2013 (No. 24 of 2013).
LEX-FAOC090996
National 22/01/2013
Regulation respecting the quality of the atmosphere (R. Q. c. Q-2, r.38).
LEX-FAOC011436
Regional
Law of the People's Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Water Pollution.
LEX-FAOC070170
National

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