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
Pollution Caused by Certain Dangerous Substances Discharged into the Aquatic Environment Regulations (L.N. No. 213 of 2001).
LEX-FAOC124393
National 2001
Regulation on the program of measuring the level of air pollution in the national network for permanent air quality monitoring.
LEX-FAOC154085
National 22/07/2016
Rwanda Livestock Master Plan (2017/18-2021/22)
LEX-FAOC040453
National Agriculture 20/08/2017
Clean Air Conservation Act.
LEX-FAOC042110
National
Reglamento de la Ley General de Cambio Climático en Materia del Registro Nacional de Emisiones.
LEX-FAOC168828
National 24/10/2014
Resolución Nº 570/2011 - Créase el Programa Nacional de Prácticas Agrícolas Sustentables.
LEX-FAOC075782
National Agriculture 06/07/2011
Carbon Dioxide Emission Ordinance.
LEX-FAOC148582
National 29/10/2013
Acuerdo Nº 284 - NTE INEN 209 sobre definiciones relacionadas con fertilizantes.
LEX-FAOC156237
National Agriculture 16/06/1998
Royal Decree No. 575/1996 - New official methods of fertilizer analysis.
LEX-FAOC160389
National Agriculture 28/03/1996
Decision No. 0538/MAF of the Minister on Good Agriculture Practices for Environmental Management Standard.
LEX-FAOC141406
National Agriculture 09/02/2011

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