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
The National Strategic Plan of Barbados 2006-2025.
LEX-FAOC167758
National 09/02/2007
Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997 (Act No. XXXIV of 1997).
LEX-FAOC171445
National 06/12/1997
Directive 2006/11/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community (Codified version).
LEX-FAOC163600
National 15/02/2006
Regulation on the characteristics of ammonium nitrate fertilizers with a high nitrogen content, limit values of nitrogen in ammonium nitrate fertilizers with a high nitrogen content and methods of test for resistance to explosive to be met by ammonium nitrate fertilizers with a high nitrogen content.
LEX-FAOC049675
National Agriculture 20/09/2010
Decreto Nº 46/10 - Estrategia Nacional de Cambio Climático.
LEX-FAOC137985
National Agriculture 29/11/2010
Freeport Bye-laws Act (Cap. 29).
LEX-FAOC018857
National
Regulation on conditions and rules for processing, packaging, transport and storage of organic products.
LEX-FAOC090715
National Agriculture 29/12/2016
Decree Discharge Open Cultivation and Livestock Breeding.
LEX-FAOC169870
National waste
Interim Regulations concerning the prevention and control of water pollution within the territory of the Huaihe River Valley.
LEX-FAOC023824
National 08/08/1995
Supreme Decree No. 007-2014-MINAGRI ─ National Agrarian Statistical Plan 2014 - 2018 of the Integrated System of Agrarian Statistics.
LEX-FAOC092441
22/05/2014

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