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 respecting a cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emission allowances (RRQ, c Q-2, r 15.1).
LEX-FAOC113915
Regional
Strategy on Biological Diversity of the Republic of Moldova for 2015-2020 and the Action Plan.
LEX-FAOC148507
National 18/05/2015
Fertilizer Law (No. 7/2002).
LEX-FAOC169417
National Agriculture 01/10/2002
Acuerdo Gubernativo Nº 178-2009: Reglamento para la Certificación de la Calidad del Agua para Consumo Humano en Proyectos de Abastecimiento.
LEX-FAOC139299
National 22/06/2009
Municipal Public Health Rules 1950 issued with regard to water (10/1, 1950).
LEX-FAOC038069
National 30/09/1950
Decree No. 7.269 regulating Act No. 8.361 on pollution control.
LEX-FAOC096021
Regional Waste 05/06/1981
Regulation on the parameters of ecological and chemical status of surface waters and the parameters of the chemical and quantitative status of groundwaters.
LEX-FAOC095228
National 23/09/2011
Instruction on calculation of environmental fees for the pollution of atmospheric air by stationary sources.
LEX-FAOC128469
National 15/05/1996
Arrêté du Gouvernement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale fixant la liste des activités à risque.
LEX-FAOC067079
Local, Regional 17/12/2009
Notice of the Ministry of Environmental Protection on the relevant issues concerning the implementation of the provisions on “the amount of pollutant discharge fee payable” in Article 73 and Article 74 of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Water Pollution.
LEX-FAOC148284
National 13/06/2008

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