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 619 - Permiso de emisión atmosférica para fuentes fijas.
LEX-FAOC148556
National 07/07/1997
Regulations Governing Issuance, Revocation, and Cancellation of Compliance Certification for Gasoline and Alternative Clean Fuel Engine Vehicle Emissions Inspections.
LEX-FAOC169523
Regional
National Emission Ceilings for Certain Atmospheric Pollutants Regulations, 2002 (Legal Notice 291 of 2002).
LEX-FAOC079081
National 2002-00-00
Public Health (Sewerage) Regulation 1973.
LEX-FAOC061580
National Waste
Water Code of the Republic of Armenia.
LEX-FAOC141128
National 17/06/2002
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
Law on environmental protection and pollution fight, amended by Royal Decree No. 63 of 1985.
LEX-FAOC129192
National 1985
Law No. 12.890 amending Law No. 6.894 including re-mineralisers as a category of input destined to agriculture.
LEX-FAOC097810
National Agriculture 10/12/2013
Water Pollution Control Law Enforcement Regulations (Order No. 2 of June 1971 amended by Order No. 41 of 1971, No. 69 of 1974, No. 2 of 1976, No. 30 of 1979, No. 29 of 1985 and No. 67 of 1986).
LEX-FAOC041074
National 02/06/1971
State Standard No. AZS 809-2-2015 for Water quality -- Biological classification of rivers -- Part 2: Guidance on the presentation of biological quality data from surveys of benthic macro-invertebrates.
LEX-FAOC018861
National 10/07/2015

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