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
Loi nº 2001-01 portant Code de l'environnement.
LEX-FAOC091098
National 15/01/2001
Order No. 399/2015 establishing the environmental information requirements for industrial activities.
LEX-FAOC013302
National industry 05/11/2015
Notification of the Ministry of Environment and Forests: Matheran and surrounding region as an Eco-sensitive Zone.
LEX-FAOC099051
Regional 04/02/2003
Law No. 723-IQ on water supply and effluent wastewater.
LEX-FAOC121297
National Waste 28/10/1999
Regulation (EU) No. 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No. 352/78, (EC) No. 165/94, (EC) No. 2799/98, (EC) No. 814/2000, (EC) No. 1290/2005 and (EC) No. 485/2008.
LEX-FAOC051646
National Agriculture 17/12/2013
Order of 5 September 2003 on the checks to be carried out by the person responsible for placing standardized fertilizers and growing media on the market.
LEX-FAOC126658
National Agriculture 05/09/2003
Resolution No 440 of 2013 of Georgian Government on Water Protection Zones
LEX-FAOC011131
National 31/12/2013
Ministerial Instructions No. 0745/MONRE on Pollution Control.
LEX-FAOC050777
National 11/02/2015
Environmental Quality (Clean Air) Regulations, 1978.
LEX-FAOC119327
National industry 1978
Emission Cadastre Ordinance.
LEX-FAOC094733
National 04/06/2002

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