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
Resolution No. 009/15 / SUNASS - Modifies Resolution No. 044/12 / SUNASS, Directive on Maximum Allowable Values (VMA) for non-domestic wastewater discharges into the sanitary sewer system.
LEX-FAOC127426
National Waste 24/03/2015
Order prohibiting the discharge of certain substances into groundwater from classified installations, as amended by the Order of 26 April 1993.
LEX-FAOC040868
National 10/07/1990
Saxony Protection Payment Ordinance.
LEX-FAOC027880
Regional Agriculture
Reglamento de la Norma Técnica Nacional para la Producción Ecológica.
LEX-FAOC142404
National Agriculture 04/12/2006
Ethiopia’s Agricultural Sector Policy and Investment Framework (PIF).
LEX-FAOC098686
National Agriculture 15/09/2010
Environmental Management Act (Cap. 35:05).
LEX-FAOC061577
National
Guam Agricultural Expense Insurance – Chapter 56 of 12 GCA – Autonomous Agencies.
LEX-FAOC170818
National Agriculture 14/04/2006
Discharge standard of water pollutants for phosphate fertilizer industry (National Standard GB 15580-2011).
LEX-FAOC126191
National Agriculture 02/04/2011
Environment Protection Act.
LEX-FAOC001696
National
Acuerdo que publica los instructivos y formatos para la autorización de importación y exportación de plaguicidas, nutrientes vegetales y sustancias y materiales peligrosos.
LEX-FAOC141696
National Agriculture 06/03/2006

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