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 Sustain3, pp.956–963.

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
Regulation on and the air quality limit values.
LEX-FAOC086016
National 21/11/1996
Ley de Mitigación y Adaptación al Cambio Climático y Desarrollo Sustentable para el Distrito Federal.
LEX-FAOC140952
Regional Agriculture 02/12/2010
Regulation No. 435 laying down standards for discharges in the air.
LEX-FAOC087139
National 12/09/2002
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations (N.S. Reg. 260/2009).
LEX-FAOC083286
Regional energy
Decision No. 612 dated 31.8.2011 laying down requirements for the fertilizers with nitrate ammonium bases and more than 28% azote content.
LEX-FAOC125948
National Agriculture 31/08/2011
Ordonnance sur la limitation et l’élimination des déchets (Ordonnance sur les déchets, OLED).
LEX-FAOC149245
National Waste
Reglamento de la Norma Técnica Nacional para la Producción Ecológica.
LEX-FAOC142404
National Agriculture 04/12/2006
Decreto Nº 270 - Reglamenta el manejo ambiental de forma integral de las granjas porcinas.
LEX-FAOC033320
National Agriculture: Livestock 15/09/2016
Decree No. 26 of the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance promulgating the Measures for the Administration of Commercial Reserves of Chemical Fertilizers during Off-seasons.
LEX-FAOC150025
National Agriculture 12/01/2005
Regulation on conditions for the introduction of sewage into water or soil and on the list of substances particularly harmful to water environment.
LEX-FAOC084420
National waste 18/11/2014

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