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
Resolución Nº 26 - Cronogramas de cumplimiento para la caracterización y adecuación a los Reglamentos Técnicos DGNTI-COPANIT 35-2000 y DGNTI-COPANIT 39-2000.
LEX-FAOC110309
National 30/01/2002
Regulation on limit values of hazardous and other substances in waste water.
LEX-FAOC036447
National waste 30/07/2008
Law No. 444 of 2002 on environmental protection.
LEX-FAOC061639
National 29/07/2002
National Agricultural Input Authority Establishment Proclamation (No. 288 of 2002).
LEX-FAOC061579
National Agriculture, Industry 07/07/2002
Royal Decree No. 1,431 / 1992 - Plan for the Regulation of Natural Resources of the Maritime Terrestrial National Park of the Cabrera Archipelago.
LEX-FAOC007936
National 27/11/1992
Law on protected natural territories.
LEX-FAOC065084
National 03/12/2004
Resolución Nº 452 - Manual de Procedimientos para el muestreo, la cadena de custodia, los métodos de análisis, las especificaciones y las directrices en materia de análisis para el control de calidad de fertilizantes.
LEX-FAOC121165
National Agriculture 16/08/2016
Water Law (No. 107 of 1996).
LEX-FAOC159384
National 25/09/1996
Environment Protection Regulation 2005.
LEX-FAOC144179
Regional
Clean Air (Miscellaneous Provisions) (England) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 3318 of 2014).
LEX-FAOC140069
Regional 15/12/2014

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