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
Public Health (Health and Sanitation) (Prevention of Defilement of Rivers and Streams) Regulations (Cap. 189).
LEX-FAOC098876
National
Climate Change (Stationary Energy and Industrial Processes) Regulations, 2009.
LEX-FAOC120370
National 28/09/2009
Ministerial Decree No. 92 of 2013 amending the Ministerial Decree No. 8 of 1982 on the executive Regulations of Law No. 48 of 1982 concerning the Protection of the Nile River and water channels from pollution.
LEX-FAOC097468
National 21/01/2013
Prevention of Industrial Pollution council of Ministers Regulation (No. 159/2009).
LEX-FAOC050743
National 07/10/2000
Regulation on the Principles and Implementation of Organic Farming.
LEX-FAOC025709
National Agriculture 11/07/2002
Sub-Decree No. 35 on creation of a National Committee for Managing Climate Change.
LEX-FAOC060853
National 24/04/2006
Agricultural Inputs Trust Fund Act, 1994 (Act No. 9 of 1994).
LEX-FAOC128265
National Agriculture 29/07/1994
Act containing rules relative to reconstruction of the concentration areas (Concentration Areas Reconstruction Act).
LEX-FAOC047248
National
Resolution No. 443 of 2013 of Georgian Government on Testing, Examining and Registering of Pesticides and Agro-chemicals
LEX-FAOC038499
National Agriculture
Order on provisional fertilizer Colemanite, dated the 15th February 2013.
LEX-FAOC155432
National Agriculture 15/02/2013

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