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
Ministerial Decree No. 704 validating the National classifier of pesticides and agrochemicals authorized for application in Kyrgyzstan for the period of 2011-2019.
LEX-FAOC050322
National Agriculture 04/11/2011
Ordonnance nº 2000-914 relative à la partie Législative du Code de l'environnement.
LEX-FAOC105730
National 18/09/2000
Royal Decree determining the sectoral conditions for the discharge of waste water from the poultry slaughterhouse sector into ordinary surface waters.
LEX-FAOC033634
National waste 02/08/1985
Fertilizers, Farm Feeds and Remedies Act [Chapter 18:12].
LEX-FAOC146780
Agriculture
Ministerial Decree No. 2225 of 2004 on forms and issues related to fertilization.
LEX-FAOC046926
National Agriculture 06/07/2004
Decreto Nº 3.733 - Exención de impuestos para materias primas químicas utilizadas en la fabricación de medicinas, plaguicidas y fertilizantes.
LEX-FAOC163464
National Agriculture, Industry 20/10/2005
Crops Act, 2013 (No. 16 of 2013).
LEX-FAOC051202
National Agriculture 14/01/2013
Loi n°006-2013/AN portant Code de l’Environnement du Burkina Faso.
LEX-FAOC115787
National 02/04/2013
Loi n° 2009-967 de programmation relative à la mise en œuvre du Grenelle de l'environnement.
LEX-FAOC067467
National 03/08/2009
National Water Protection Plan.
LEX-FAOC150429
National 14/01/1999

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