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 Sustain3, pp.956–963.

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
Parks and Trees Regulations 2005 (No. S 519 of 2005).
LEX-FAOC137954
National
Order No. 83-p of the Minister of Natural resources and Environmental Protection on maximum emission limits.
LEX-FAOC145314
National 21/03/2002
Royal Decree fixing the fees and contributions due to the Budget Fund for raw materials and products.
LEX-FAOC157008
National
National Water Policy.
LEX-FAOC017832
National 2008
No. 604 Decree of the State Council promulgating the Regulations on Taihu Basin Management of the People's Republic of China.
LEX-FAOC031302
National 07/09/2011
Ministerial Decree No. 585 validating the Regulation on re-issuance of certificates for emissions of greenhouse gases.
LEX-FAOC041303
National 07/05/2012
Resolución Nº 19 - Mecanismos de control a transportistas y usuarios finales de abonos minerales o químicos en el territorio nacional.
LEX-FAOC172497
National Agriculture 28/03/2016
Agricultural Credits Act, 2010 (No. 35 of 2010).
LEX-FAOC027740
National Agriculture 14/11/2010
Resolution CONAMA No. 3 providing for air quality standards, as foreseen by PRONAR.
LEX-FAOC161214
National 28/06/1990
Order No. 700 on requirements for trucks and buses in urban green zones.
LEX-FAOC111658
National Transport 24/06/2011

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