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
Clean Air Act.
LEX-FAOC129522
National
Law specifying offences for environmental illegal activities.
LEX-FAOC076484
National
Nairobi City County Urban Agriculture Promotion and Regulation Act, 2015 (No. 4 of 2015).
LEX-FAOC067507
Local Agriculture 12/08/2015
Reglamento nacional de descarga y reutilización de aguas residuales.
LEX-FAOC002521
National 2009
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act ([SBC 2007] Chapter 42).
LEX-FAOC108682
Regional
Regulation on the registration in the Register of fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC164535
National Agriculture 25/05/2007
Instruction No. c806 on organization and carrying out inspections of the state and protection of water.
LEX-FAOC060782
National 14/12/2004
Climate Change Response Act, 2002.
LEX-FAOC075688
National
Regulation on Waste Landfilling.
LEX-FAOC122226
National Waste 2010
Order No. 46-A/2001 approving the Regulation for Compensation System within the Rural Development Programme - RURIS.
LEX-FAOC032780
National Agriculture 25/01/2001

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