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 Sustain3, pp.956–963.

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
Regulation the limitation of emissions into the air from biomass incineration facilities.
LEX-FAOC132147
National Energy 09/05/2006
Acuerdo Nº 186/99 - Reglamento de la Autoridad para el manejo sustentable de la cuenca y del lago de Amatitlán.
LEX-FAOC167116
Regional 12/03/1999
Sewage Sludge Compensation Fund Ordinance.
LEX-FAOC027781
National Agriculture
Belize Land Development Authority Act.
LEX-FAOC138639
National
Resolución Nº 21 - Por la cual se dispone que la solicitud de Autorización Previa de Importación (APIM) de productos afectados a la Resolución Nº 49/01 tenga el carácter de Declaración Jurada.
LEX-FAOC173555
National Agriculture 03/10/2005
NMX-AA-115-SCFI-2001: Criterios para el control de la calidad de resultados analíticos de aguas naturales y residuales.
LEX-FAOC146296
National 2001
National Strategy of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity for 2017-2020.
LEX-FAOC106223
National 2016
Act to amend the Agricultural Law to provide for the prevention of water pollution and to protect the marine life within the rivers and streams of the Republic.
LEX-FAOC107112
National Agriculture 11/04/1973
Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (2016 anaw 3).
LEX-FAOC126908
Regional 21/03/2016
Order No. 20 of the Federal Fisheries Agency validating water quality standards of fishery waterbodies.
LEX-FAOC109325
National 18/01/2010

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