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
Law No. 271-Z on water supply of potable water.
LEX-FAOC032985
National 24/06/1999
Regulation No. 1 on rules and procedures for the assessment and approval of projects on Clean Development Mechanisms (CDM).
LEX-FAOC126036
National 25/03/2009
Resolución Nº 81 - NTE INEN ISO 14064-3 sobre especificación con orientación para la validación y verificación de declaraciones sobre gases de efecto invernadero.
LEX-FAOC150572
National 14/07/2010
Presidential Decree NO. 992 creating the National Fertilizer Corporation of the Philippines (FERTIPHIL).
LEX-FAOC082066
National Agriculture 02/09/1976
Regulations of the Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture on the management of the Longchuan River.
LEX-FAOC005296
Regional 28/05/1997
South Africa’s 2nd National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan.
LEX-FAOC102799
National 2015
Acuerdo que establece los gases o compuestos de efecto invernadero que se agrupan para efectos de reporte de emisiones, así como sus potenciales de calentamiento.
LEX-FAOC143038
National 27/07/2015
Act on soil fertilizers (No. 417 of 2011).
LEX-FAOC155216
National Agriculture
Ley Nº 9.164 - Ley de productos químicos o biológicos de uso agropecuario.
LEX-FAOC129540
National Agriculture 02/06/2004
National Water Resources Policy for the Kingdom of Cambodia.
LEX-FAOC022718
National 2004

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