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
Decree No. 18/2015/ND-CP prescribing environmental protection master plan, strategic environmental assessment, environmental impact assessment and environmental protection plan.
LEX-FAOC082647
National 14/02/2015
Environmental Management Act (Cap. 35:05).
LEX-FAOC061577
National
Law on plant protection products (Republic of Srpska).
LEX-FAOC091914
Regional Agriculture 12/05/2010
Resolución Nº 58 - Límites máximos permisibles de emisión para incineradores y hornos crematorios de residuos sólidos y líquidos.
LEX-FAOC077930
National Waste 21/01/2002
Order No. 83-p of the Minister of Natural resources and Environmental Protection on maximum emission limits.
LEX-FAOC145314
National 21/03/2002
Conservation of Water Resources and Rivers Law (The State Peace and Development Council Law No. 8/2006).
LEX-FAOC163038
National 02/10/2006
Ministerial decree defining the mandatory technical requirements for livestock effluent storage infrastructures.
LEX-FAOC141126
Regional Agriculture 18/02/2008
Climate Change Response Act, 2002.
LEX-FAOC075688
National
Regulation on Limit Values of Pollutants in Air.
LEX-FAOC009290
National 03/11/2005
Agriculture Development Strategy (ADS) 2015 to 2035
LEX-FAOC122154
National Agriculture

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