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
Decree relative to waste water from minor drainage systems.
LEX-FAOC051856
National waste 12/04/2000
Strategy on Biological Diversity of the Republic of Moldova for 2015-2020 and the Action Plan.
LEX-FAOC148507
National 18/05/2015
Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. A-12).
LEX-FAOC168628
National waste
DENR Administrative Order No. 81 containing implementing rules and regulations of the Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999.
LEX-FAOC118417
National 2000
Acuerdo Nº 3/13 - Acuerdo Marco para la competitividad de la cadena agroalimentaria del rubro de la naranja.
LEX-FAOC098791
National Agriculture 09/01/2013
Regional Decree No. 533 validating the Regulation on regional state supervision over protection of the atmospheric air.
LEX-FAOC036276
Regional 26/11/2013
Ordinance on emission threshold values to protect eco-systems and vegetation.
LEX-FAOC084733
National 14/08/2001
Arrêté nº 140/MSP/LCE/ du 27 septembre 2004, fixant les normes de rejet des déchets dans les milieux naturels.
LEX-FAOC074387
National Waste 27/09/2004
Law No. 14.090 establishing the State Policy to cope with Climate Change.
LEX-FAOC052157
17/06/2010
Resolución Nº 500/03 - Crea el Sistema Federal de Fiscalización de Agroquímicos y Biológicos.
LEX-FAOC136033
National Agriculture 22/08/2003

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