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
1st Federal Immission Protection Ordinance.
LEX-FAOC149314
National 26/01/2010
National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plan.
LEX-FAOC160445
National 2014
Decree No. 45/2004 approving the Regulation on the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
LEX-FAOC161138
National 29/09/2004
Ley Orgánica de Agrobiodiversidad, Semillas y Fomento de la Agricultura Sustentable.
LEX-FAOC135560
National Agriculture 01/06/2017
Plan d’Action du Gouvernement pour la Mise en œuvre du Programme du Président de la République.
LEX-FAOC145758
National Agriculture 2012
Arrêté ministériel nº 004/2008 portant la liste des travaux, activités et projets faisant l'objet d'une étude d'impact sur l'environnement.
LEX-FAOC073810
National 15/08/2008
Decision No. 60/2004/QD-BCN approving the Scheme on Development of the chemical industry till 2010 in service of agricultural and rural industrialization and modernization"."
LEX-FAOC030886
National Agriculture 15/07/2004
Water Code (No. 74-FZ).
LEX-FAOC047445
National 03/06/2006
Water Resources Act, 2013 (No. 2 of 2013).
LEX-FAOC151469
National 09/04/2013
Decreto Nº 133-96: Ley de creación de la Autoridad para el Manejo Sustentable del Lago de Atitlán y su Entorno.
LEX-FAOC033692
Regional 17/12/1996

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