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
Walloon Government Decree on sectoral water conditions for the preparation of meat products.
LEX-FAOC073134
Regional 16/01/2003
Décret nº 2-09-631 fixant les valeurs limites de dégagement d'émission ou de rejet de polluants dans l'air émanant de sources de pollution fixes et les modalités de leur contrôle.
LEX-FAOC064994
National 06/07/2010
Order No. 56 of the Federal Ecological, Technological and Nuclear Supervision Service validating the form of authorization for emission of pollutants to the atmospheric air.
LEX-FAOC045355
National 07/02/2007
Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Cap and Trade) Act ([SBC 2008] Chapter 32).
LEX-FAOC152461
Regional
Guam Feedlot Waste Management Regulations - Chapter 30 of Title 22 of the Guam Administrative Rules and Regulations.
LEX-FAOC172986
Regional Waste
Regulation No. 365 on utilisation, monitoring and control of sewage sludge and the compost thereof.
LEX-FAOC050775
National Agriculture 20/08/2002
Alpine Law.
LEX-FAOC140918
Regional
Act No. 1172 relative to financial support for environment protection measures in small-scale agriculture and related matters.
LEX-FAOC083977
National Agriculture
Regulation No. 8 of 5 November 1986 on indicators and rates for determining the quality of coastal sea waters.
LEX-FAOC092216
National
Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990.
LEX-FAOC019572
National Agriculture

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