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
Decree of the State Committee on Environmental Protection validating the Regulation on protection of surface water.
LEX-FAOC156110
National 09/08/1993
Resolución Nº 408 - Permiso sanitario para la incineración y coincineración.
LEX-FAOC134096
National Waste 27/05/2004
Regulation on conditions for the operation of waste incineration plants.
LEX-FAOC100433
National Waste 02/02/2005
Decreto Nº 1.449 - Reglamenta parcialmente la Ley Nº 135 de 1961.
LEX-FAOC094556
Regional 27/06/1977
National Water Resources Plan 2017.
LEX-FAOC076787
National
Strategic Framework on Climate Policy.
LEX-FAOC155330
National 30/07/2015
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan.
LEX-FAOC037656
National 2016
National Agriculture Strategic Plan.
LEX-FAOC133620
National Agriculture 2001-01
Order No 2-152 of 2007 of Minister of Agriculture of Georgia on Additional Requirements for Registration of Pesticides and Agro-chemicals in Georgia that are already Registered in EU/OECD
LEX-FAOC038504
National Agriculture
Regional Law No. 63 “On protection of the atmospheric air against emissions by motor vehicles”.
LEX-FAOC110773
Regional Transport

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