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
Ley Nº 836/80 - Código Sanitario.
LEX-FAOC130701
National 15/12/1980
Directive 2006/11/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community (Codified version).
LEX-FAOC163600
National 15/02/2006
Décret n° 904/pr/pm/merh/2009 portant réglementation des pollutions et des nuisances à l’environnement.
LEX-FAOC060586
National 06/08/2009
Arrêté nº 141/MSP/LCE/DGSP/DS fixant les normes de potabilité des eaux de boisson.
LEX-FAOC074999
National 27/09/2004
Décret exécutif n° 99-156 modifiant et complétant le décret exécutif n° 95-405 relatif au contrôle des produits phytosanitaires à usage agricole.
LEX-FAOC066752
National Agriculture 20/07/1999
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan of Timor-Leste (2011-2020).
LEX-FAOC096033
National 2011-10
State Standard No. AZS 809-1-2015 for Water quality -- Biological classification of rivers -- Part 1: Guidance on the interpretation of biological quality data from surveys of benthic macro-invertebrates.
LEX-FAOC169045
National 10/07/2015
Regulation on the Monitoring of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Republic of Croatia.
LEX-FAOC136909
National 21/12/2006
Public Health (Sewerage) Regulation 1973.
LEX-FAOC061580
National Waste
Regulation on conditions for the operation of waste incineration plants.
LEX-FAOC100433
National Waste 02/02/2005

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