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
Regulation No. 3 of 20 June 1993 on the Development of the Black Sea Coastal Area.
LEX-FAOC114915
National 20/06/1993
Loi instituant deux fonds pour le développement des énergies renouvelables et les économies d'énergie.
LEX-FAOC024722
Regional
Regulation regarding Muğla Sitki Koçman University agricultural research and practice center.
LEX-FAOC093758
National Agriculture 15/05/2016
Acuerdo Nº 9/16 - Lista taxativa de bienes o mercancías exentas del pago del IVA.
LEX-FAOC061611
National Agriculture 16/05/2016
Resolución Nº 291 - Instructivo metodológico para la comercialización y distribución de urea subsidiada.
LEX-FAOC070176
National Agriculture 13/06/2013
Public Health Act (Cap. 14.01).
LEX-FAOC165234
Regional
Regulation on Greenhouse Gas Emission Quotas and the Method of Emission Allowance Trading.
LEX-FAOC116341
National 05/12/2008
National Climate Change Policy.
LEX-FAOC043952
National 2012
Decreto Legislativo Nº 233 - Ley del Medio Ambiente.
LEX-FAOC123054
National 24/04/1998
Ley Nº 755 – Ley de gestión integral de residuos.
LEX-FAOC033424
National Waste 28/10/2015

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