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
Ministerial Decision No. 118 of 2004 issuing a Regulation for controlling air pollutants released from stationary sources.
LEX-FAOC160184
National 07/08/2004
Government Regulation No. 82/2001 on management of water quality and control over water pollution.
LEX-FAOC093359
National 14/12/2001
Ordinance on Monitoring Air Quality.
LEX-FAOC081996
National 23/12/2005
Decree No. 555 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on calculation and payment of environmental tax.
LEX-FAOC067205
National
Regulation on maximum allowable concentration of pollutants in the atmospheric air in the area of growing of forest forming species.
LEX-FAOC033613
National 10/05/1995
National Water Policy.
LEX-FAOC116098
National 2005-08
Ley Nº 144 - Ley de la revolución productiva comunitaria agropecuaria.
LEX-FAOC023019
26/06/2011
Ordonnance concernant l’élimination des sous-produits animaux (OESPA).
LEX-FAOC114969
National Agriculture
Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive).
LEX-FAOC050512
National 17/06/2008
Law No. 2/2013 - Law for the protection and sustainable use of the coast.
LEX-FAOC024974
National 29/05/2013

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