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
Decision No. 37/2003/QD-TTg on the import of urea fertilizer for circulation reserve.
LEX-FAOC120110
National Agriculture 12/03/2003
Regulation respecting environmental impact assessment and review (R.Q. c. Q-2, r.23).
LEX-FAOC146435
Regional
National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Regulations, 2016 (Notice 275 of 2017).
LEX-FAOC063991
National 03/04/2017
Order of the Flemish Government regulating the voluntary, complete and definitive cessation of the production of all animal manure from pigs.
LEX-FAOC161297
Regional Agriculture
Joint Decree No. 9 of 2002 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and of the Ministry of Transport and Water Affairs regarding the limit values of used and waste water discharge and their application.
LEX-FAOC090205
National waste 22/03/2002
Resolution No. 84/T issuing the implementing directives for the importation, circulation and production of mineral fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC096608
National Agriculture 29/10/2003
Resolution No. 181-2009-PRODUCE ─ Guide for the update of the Environmental Management Plan for the owners of the fishing industrial establishments.
LEX-FAOC072449
National 24/04/2009
Acuerdo Gubernativo No. 342-2010: Reglamento para el Registro de Fertilizantes, Enmiendas y Sustancias Afines a Fertilizantes o a Enmiendas, ante el Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación.
LEX-FAOC130561
National Agriculture 26/11/2010
Agricultural Crop Rotation Act (R.S.P.E.I. 1988, c. A-8.01).
LEX-FAOC169557
Regional
Federal Law No. 96-FZ on the protection of the atmospheric air.
LEX-FAOC027473
National 04/05/1999

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