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
Nepal Agriculture and Food Security Country Investment Plan.
LEX-FAOC071954
National Agriculture 2010-09
Regulation respecting waste water disposal systems for isolated dwellings (R.Q. c. Q-2, r.22).
LEX-FAOC117212
Regional Domestic, Waste
Public Health Act.
LEX-FAOC076374
National
Decision No. 71/2004/QD-BNN promulgating the Regulation on assay and recognition of new fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC105925
National Agriculture 08/12/2004
Public Utilities Act (No. 10 of 1973).
LEX-FAOC119960
National
Supreme Decree No. 009-2015-MINAM ─ Measures aimed at improving the environmental quality of air at the national level.
LEX-FAOC128784
National Transport 06/08/2015
Order No. 224 on Waste.
LEX-FAOC144253
National waste 07/03/2011
Ordonnance sur la protection de l’air (OPair).
LEX-FAOC145829
National
Environmental Protection and Management (Air Impurities) Regulations (No. S 595/2000).
LEX-FAOC011465
National
Government Decree on Urban Waste Water Treatment (No. 888 of 2006).
LEX-FAOC149112
National waste 12/10/2006

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