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
Jamaica Water Sector Policy - Strategies and Action Plans.
LEX-FAOC053923
National 2004
Act on fertilizers, nutrients and soil amendments of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.
LEX-FAOC070003
International Agriculture 21/12/2004
Ministerial Decree No. 56 on approval of rules regarding the use, width and boundaries of water conservation zones and their coastal zones.
LEX-FAOC082621
National 24/03/2000
Decreto Nº 46 - Norma de emisión de residuos líquidos a aguas subterráneas.
LEX-FAOC108592
National 08/03/2002
The National Strategic Plan of Barbados 2006-2025.
LEX-FAOC167758
National 09/02/2007
Air pollution — Local Air Quality (O. Reg. 419/05).
LEX-FAOC142892
Regional
Acuerdo Nº 1.566/10 - Reglamento para el control de emisiones generadas por fuentes fijas.
LEX-FAOC150760
National 01/10/2010
Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry on Fertilizer Products (No. 24 of 2011).
LEX-FAOC093368
National Agriculture 01/09/2011
Water Law (Republic of Srpska).
LEX-FAOC134197
Regional 2006
Ordonnance sur les prescriptions relatives aux gaz d’échappement des moteurs de bateaux dans les eaux suisses (OEMB).
LEX-FAOC027465
National Transport

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