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
Climate Change (Management) Act 2015 (No. 19 of 2015).
LEX-FAOC015629
National 20/11/2015
Decree-Law No. 37/2016 approving the Boa Vista Island Conservation Strategy and Plan.
LEX-FAOC149617
National 17/03/2016
Farm Nutrient Management Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. No. 537 of 2006).
LEX-FAOC053038
Regional Agriculture 21/12/2006
Act on air pollution charges.
LEX-FAOC159464
National 16/12/1998
Initiative Grande Muraille Verte 2011
LEX-FAOC145187
National Agriculture 2011
Acuerdo Nº 939/98 - Norma sobre toma y preparación de muestras de fertilizantes químicos.
LEX-FAOC139115
National Agriculture 28/12/1998
Antarctic Environment Protection Decree (No. 412 of 2013).
LEX-FAOC088498
Regional
Cooperation Agreement on agricultural quarantine between Syria and Jordan.
LEX-FAOC160042
International Agriculture 21/08/2002
Forestry decree.
LEX-FAOC108784
Regional
Plan d’Action National d’Adaptation aux Changements Climatiques « PANA »
LEX-FAOC064721
National Agriculture 2007

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