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
Estrategia Nacional de Biodiversidad y su Plan de Acción Nicaragua 2015-2020.
LEX-FAOC061586
National Agriculture 2015
Acuerdo Nº 89 - Autoriza la libre importación de insumos agropecuarios debidamente registrados.
LEX-FAOC097923
National Agriculture 27/05/2008
Ordonnance sur la protection de l’air (OPair).
LEX-FAOC145829
National
Regulation on limit values for hazardous and harmful substances in the water which, after purification from the public sewage are discharged into the natural recipient.
LEX-FAOC160733
National Waste 29/06/2007
Regulation on the method of packaging of plant nutrition products.
LEX-FAOC051785
National Agriculture 05/03/2010
Arrêté concernant la valorisation et l'élimination des boues d'épuration.
LEX-FAOC134254
Regional Agriculture
Fertilizer Administration Act.
LEX-FAOC095069
Regional Agriculture
Decreto No. 44.820 providing for the Environmental Licensing System (SLAM).
LEX-FAOC046982
Regional 02/06/2014
Resolution No 425 of 2013 of Georgian Government on Protection of Surface Waters of Georgia from Pollution
LEX-FAOC011132
National 31/12/2013
Acuerdo por el que se dan a conocer las Reglas de Operación del Programa Fondo para el Apoyo a Proyectos Productivos en Núcleos Agrarios (FAPPA) de la Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación.
LEX-FAOC027792
National Agriculture 10/04/2014

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