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
Decreto Nº 111 - Ley Ambiental para el Desarrollo Sustentable del Estado de Michoacán de Ocampo.
LEX-FAOC088032
Regional 07/02/2013
Enforcement Decree of the Act on Assessment of Impacts of Works on Environment, Traffic, Disasters, etc.
LEX-FAOC045279
National Transport
Forest, Soil and Water Conservation Act (Cap. 116).
LEX-FAOC050633
National
Statutory Notification S.R.O. 742 (I)/93 on National Environmental Quality Standards.
LEX-FAOC151048
National Waste 24/08/1993
Decree No. 20 of Chief Sanitary Inspector validating Hygienic norms GN 2.1.6.1338-03 setting maximum allowable concentration of pollutants in the atmospheric air of inhabited areas.
LEX-FAOC115640
National 28/05/2004
Arrêté nº 3635 du 29 septembre 2000 fixant les valeurs limites en azote basique volatil total pour certaines catégories de produits de la pêche et les méthodes d'analyse à utiliser.
LEX-FAOC074019
National Agriculture: Aquaculture 29/09/2000
Regulation on the emission of substances into the air from industrial plants dealing with the production of wood composites.
LEX-FAOC151251
National industry 05/04/2007
Fertilisers (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1996 (S.I. No. 1342).
LEX-FAOC144988
National Agriculture 25/05/1996
Fertilizer Act of 2003.
LEX-FAOC143593
National Agriculture 2003
Ministerial Instructions No. 0745/MONRE on Pollution Control.
LEX-FAOC050777
National 11/02/2015

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