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.


Filter by:

Policy Title ECOLEX/FAOLEX Ref ID Scale Sector Date of Text
Decree No. 99.427 regulating the registration and licensing requirements in order to produce and trade agricultural products.
LEX-FAOC165973
National Agriculture 31/07/1990
Resolution No. 49/2015 establishing National Plan for Management and Coral Conservation.
LEX-FAOC020804
National 11/06/2015
Ministerial Regulation authorizing, exceptionally, the spreading of manure and liquid manure on frozen or snowy ground.
LEX-FAOC016170
National Agriculture 07/12/1998
Measures on the Administration of the Certification for Organic Foods.
LEX-FAOC020677
National Agriculture 19/06/2001
Federal Air Pollution Control Act.
LEX-FAOC091415
National
Fertilizers and Feeding Stuffs Act.
LEX-FAOC096478
National Agriculture
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting (O. Reg. 452/09).
LEX-FAOC170860
Regional
Agricultural Community Development Promotion Act.
LEX-FAOC164217
National Agriculture
Decreto Nº 181/09 - Ley general de aguas.
LEX-FAOC131278
National 30/09/2009
National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA)
LEX-FAOC092544
National 29/06/1905

Pages