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
Law No. 188/98 on Principal Directions of State Policy of Ukraine in Environmental Protection, Use of Natural Resources and Ensuring Environmental Safety.
LEX-FAOC159620
National 05/03/1998
Law No. 353-I on the protection of atmospheric air.
LEX-FAOC150955
National 27/12/1996
Regulation No. 6 on the conditions and the requirements for construction and operation of installations for the incineration and installations for co-incineration of waste.
LEX-FAOC048971
National waste 28/07/2004
Decreto Nº 83 - Reglamenta el Decreto Nº 235 de 1999, que establece sistema de incentivos para la recuperación de suelos degradados.
LEX-FAOC084991
National Agriculture 05/12/2005
Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC.
LEX-FAOC129428
National 15/02/2006
Regulation on the emission of substances into the air from industrial plants dealing with the production of aluminium during the electrolytic process.
LEX-FAOC143633
National industry 05/04/2007
Acuerdo que establece la clasificación y codificación de mercancías cuya importación y exportación está sujeta a regulación por parte de las dependencias que integran la Comisión Intersecretarial para el Control del Proceso y Uso de Plaguicidas, Fertilizantes y Sustancias Tóxicas.
LEX-FAOC137732
National Agriculture 13/03/2013
Decree No. 125 of the Ministry of Public Health validating Sanitary and epidemiological requirements for protection of underground facilities used for potable water supply against pollution.
LEX-FAOC036936
National 16/12/2015
Décret n° 2003/941 relatif à la surveillance de l'eau, au contrôle des eaux destinées à la consommation humaine et aux priorités d'accès à la ressource en eau.
LEX-FAOC173936
National 2003-00-00
Resolución Nº 81 - NTE INEN ISO 14064-3 sobre especificación con orientación para la validación y verificación de declaraciones sobre gases de efecto invernadero.
LEX-FAOC150572
National 14/07/2010

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