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
Measures on Supervision of Exhaust Pollution from Automobiles.
LEX-FAOC063314
National Transport 15/08/1990
Order No. 02-14/23-148 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food validating the model form of ecological certificate for agricultural enterprises.
LEX-FAOC044049
National Agriculture 19/01/1996
Décret n° 2007-13, fixant les conditions et les modalités de gestion des boues provenant des ouvrages de traitement des eaux usées en vue de son utilisation dans le domaine agricole.
LEX-FAOC130378
Waste 03/01/2007
Decision No. 124/QD-TTg approving the master plan for agricultural production development through 2020, with a vision toward 2030.
LEX-FAOC170603
National Agriculture 02/02/2012
Discharge Reporting Ordinance – Waste Water.
LEX-FAOC027704
Regional waste 11/12/2001
Supreme Decree No. 037/02 / AG - Modifies Supreme Decree No. 049/01 / AG, on provisions applicable to the National Revolving Fund Commission.
LEX-FAOC095408
National Agriculture 07/06/2002
Directive No. Z/31 of 2003 defining requirements and conditions for the importation of fertilizers and plant growing regulators.
LEX-FAOC061591
National Agriculture 2003
CIS Agreement on rational management and protection of transboundary waterbodies.
LEX-FAOC112559
International 11/09/1998
Ordonnance sur la protection de l’air (OPair).
LEX-FAOC145829
National
NOM-050-ECOL-1993: Niveles máximos permisibles de emisión provenientes del escape de vehículos automotores que usan gases como combustible.
LEX-FAOC169686
National Transport 18/10/1993

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