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.

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
Ley N° 3/2007 - Ley reguladora de Aguas y Costas en la República de Guinea Ecuatorial.
LEX-FAOC130747
National 23/07/2007
Decree on on the monitoring of emissions from stationary sources of air pollution and air quality in their neighborhood.
LEX-FAOC022293
National 30/11/2012
Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004 (Republic Act No. 9275).
LEX-FAOC113400
National 22/03/2004
Acuerdo Nº 524 - NSO 13.11.01:01 sobre inmisiones atmosféricas para garantizar la calidad del aire ambiental.
LEX-FAOC047647
National 17/06/2003
Regulation on method of monitoring quantity of substances emission included in the emission allowance trading system of the Community.
LEX-FAOC082120
National 12/09/2008
Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act (2010).
LEX-FAOC141428
Regional
Order No. 210 of the Ministry of Natural resources and Environmental Protection validating the Regulation on the method of calculation of emission of pollutants to the atmosphere in the course of uncontrolled burning of oil and oil products.
LEX-FAOC068547
National energy 26/07/1999
Manual técnico para el registro y control de fertilizantes, enmiendas de suelo y productos afines de uso agrícola.
LEX-FAOC050335
National Agriculture 22/05/2017
Order of 15 February 2016 on non-hazardous waste storage facilities.
LEX-FAOC065023
National waste
Central Water Authority Regulations, 1972 (S.R.O. No. 1 of 1973).
LEX-FAOC045810
National 15/03/1972

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