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
Regulation on the waste catalog.
LEX-FAOC061584
National waste 03/08/2015
Ministerial Decision No. 32/2015 approving the Internal Regulation of the Technical Advisory Committee on Fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC168025
National Agriculture 04/02/2015
Royal Decree determining the sectorial conditions of discharge, in ordinary surface waters and in public sewers of wastewater coming from the pharmaceutical industry.
LEX-FAOC142415
National waste 19/02/1987
Ley Nº 81 - Ley del Medio Ambiente.
LEX-FAOC099133
National Agriculture 11/07/1997
Act relative to EEG trade fertilizer (1992:1684).
LEX-FAOC045913
National Agriculture
Water Resources (Control of Pollution) (Silage, Slurry and Agricultural Fuel Oil) (England) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 639 of 2010).
LEX-FAOC130673
Regional Agriculture 04/03/2010
Order No. 1432 regulating air pollution generated by fixed installations for energy production.
LEX-FAOC161748
National energy 11/12/2007
NOM-097-ECOL-1995: Límites máximos permisibles de emisión de contaminantes a la atmósfera en los procesos de fabricación de vidrio.
LEX-FAOC122729
National Industry 03/11/1995
Ministerial Decree No.53 of 1991 regarding introduction of environmental fees for environmental pollution, setting up and utilization of regional environmental fund.
LEX-FAOC012035
Regional 01/03/1991
National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Regulations 2008.
LEX-FAOC130363
National

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