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.

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
Climate Change (General Exemptions) Order, 2009.
LEX-FAOC149671
National 30/11/2009
National Agriculture Investment Plan (PNISA) 2013–2017.
LEX-FAOC013467
National Agriculture 2012
Resolution No 414 of 2013 of Georgian Government on Calculation of Permitted Limits of Contaminants in Waters Flowing into Surface Water Objects
LEX-FAOC011136
National 31/12/2013
Water Authority Law, 1982. (Law No. 18 of 1982).
LEX-FAOC146976
National 14/03/1983
Resolution No. 10 of 2006 on the emission of air pollutants.
LEX-FAOC105134
National 21/11/2006
Resolution No. 232/94 / PE - Preparation of environmental impact studies for aquaculture.
LEX-FAOC075489
National Agriculture: Aquaculture 15/06/1994
Resolution No 54 of 2014 of Georgian Government on Methodology for Determining (Calculating) Damage to Environment
LEX-FAOC167349
National
Regulation on the form and content of the application for registration of distributors and importers of plant nutrition products and on the Register keeping.
LEX-FAOC100496
National Agriculture 28/07/2009
Ministerial Decree No. 167 validating the Regulation on industrial emissions to the atmospheric air.
LEX-FAOC126248
National Industry 25/01/2012
Decree of the State Minister of Environment No. KEP-11/MENLH/3/1994 on the types of business or activity subject to an environmental impact analysis.
LEX-FAOC097865
National 19/03/1994

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