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
Fertilisers Act (No. 1563 of 1997).
LEX-FAOC157826
National Agriculture 03/12/1997
Supreme Decree No. 042/02 / AG - Modifies Supreme Decree No. 002/02 / AG, Regulation of Emergency Decree No. 129/01, which authorizes the Ministry of Agriculture to sell agricultural products directly to agricultural producers.
LEX-FAOC163460
National Agriculture 10/07/2002
National River Protection Commission Act, 2013 (Act No. 9 of 2013).
LEX-FAOC001509
National 22/07/2013
Order of 21 December 1998 on the approval of fertilizers and growing media.
LEX-FAOC035872
National Agriculture 21/12/1998
Law No. 723-IQ on water supply and effluent wastewater.
LEX-FAOC121297
National Waste 28/10/1999
Decree on on the monitoring of emissions from stationary sources of air pollution and air quality in their neighborhood.
LEX-FAOC022293
National 30/11/2012
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan of Georgia 2014 – 2020.
LEX-FAOC016866
National 2014
Ministerial Decree No. 92 of 2013 amending the Ministerial Decree No. 8 of 1982 on the executive Regulations of Law No. 48 of 1982 concerning the Protection of the Nile River and water channels from pollution.
LEX-FAOC097468
National 21/01/2013
Chief Executive Order No. 356/2010 approving new standards for polluting gas emissions.
LEX-FAOC116155
Regional Transport 29/11/2010
Circular No. 36/2010/TT-BNNPTNT promulgating the Regulation on fertilizer production, trading and use.
LEX-FAOC168513
National Agriculture 24/06/2010

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