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
Resolución Nº 14 - Modifica la Resolución Nº 22, que compila y modifica la reglamentación sobre las actividades, montos y condiciones de operación del Incentivo a la Capitalización Rural (ICR).
LEX-FAOC003690
National Agriculture 13/12/2012
Regional Decree No. 533 validating the Regulation on regional state supervision over protection of the atmospheric air.
LEX-FAOC036276
Regional 26/11/2013
Ministerial Decree No. 482 regarding validation of the Regulation on the modalities of monitoring of surface water, groundwater, atmospheric air and local environmental monitoring as part on national system of environmental monitoring.
LEX-FAOC027661
National 28/04/2004
Mineral Spring Protected Area Ordinance – Villach.
LEX-FAOC028868
Local 06/10/2005
Environmental Protection and Management (Trade Effluent) Regulations (No. S 160/1999).
LEX-FAOC048153
National Industry
Loi N° 30/2012 du 01/08/23012 portant utilisation des produits agrochimiques.
LEX-FAOC077369
National Agriculture 01/08/2012
NMX-AA-118-SCFI-2001: Lista de sustancias a ser reportadas en el registro de emisiones y transferencia de contaminantes.
LEX-FAOC096285
National 2001
Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990.
LEX-FAOC019572
National Agriculture
Decree No. 341 of 2013 (IX. 25.) Korm. of the Government laying down executive measures of free allocation of emission allowances for power plants on the basis of Act No. CCXVII of 2012 on the participation in the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and in the implementation of the Effort Sharing Decision.
LEX-FAOC132674
National energy 25/09/2013
National Tea and Coffee Development Board Act, 2049 (1993).
LEX-FAOC104174
National Agriculture 15/05/1993

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