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
Climate Change Response Act, 2002.
LEX-FAOC075688
National
Ordinance on the cases for which permit or registration is required for import, export and transit of waste, establishment of bank guarantee and on the control of transboundary movement of waste.
LEX-FAOC046541
National waste
Law No. 353-I on the protection of atmospheric air.
LEX-FAOC150955
National 27/12/1996
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan.
LEX-FAOC066058
National 01/01/2005
Order No. 349 of the Ministry of Natural Resources validating the Regulation on exchange of water monitoring data between the bodies concerned.
LEX-FAOC116095
National 27/12/2007
NOM-182-SSA1-1998: Etiquetado de nutrientes vegetales.
LEX-FAOC130459
National Agriculture 20/09/2000
Maximum Content Groundwater Ordinance.
LEX-FAOC025066
National 17/09/1991
Law of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on the Protection of the Environment.
LEX-FAOC045192
National 09/04/1986
Ley Nº 2.175 - Ley provincial de uso de plaguicidas y agroquímicos.
LEX-FAOC014249
Regional Agriculture 02/07/1987
Resolution No. 10 of 2006 on the emission of air pollutants.
LEX-FAOC105134
National 21/11/2006

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