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
Order No. 161-p of the Minister of Environmental Protection on environmental charges.
LEX-FAOC169729
National 20/05/2005
Resolución Nº 49 - Reglamento Técnico DGNTI-COPANIT 24-99 sobre la reutilización de las aguas residuales tratadas.
LEX-FAOC154520
National Waste 02/02/2000
Agricultural Sector Policy Framework (ASPF).
LEX-FAOC012264
National Agriculture 04/07/1905
Arrêté du Gouvernement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale fixant la liste des activités à risque.
LEX-FAOC067079
Local, Regional 17/12/2009
Regulation on maximum levels for certain contaminants in food.
LEX-FAOC132153
National Agriculture 12/02/2009
Continental Rural Development Programme for 2014-2020.
LEX-FAOC003025
National Agriculture 06/07/1905
Sewer Discharge Control Regulations, 2002 (L.N. No. 139 of 2002).
LEX-FAOC079335
National waste 2002
Country Areas Water Supply Act Bye-laws.
LEX-FAOC163632
Regional 29/04/1968
Decree approving the National Catalogue on Waste.
LEX-FAOC062104
National Waste 06/04/2005
Water and Sewerage Act (Chapter 54:40).
LEX-FAOC075170
National Waste

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