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
Fertilizers Advisory Committee Ordinance.
LEX-FAOC027774
National Agriculture
North-West Frontier Province River Protection Ordinance, 2002.
LEX-FAOC150856
National 19/01/2002
Regulation No. 1060 amending the Pollution Control Regulation.
LEX-FAOC151798
National 04/09/2013
Technical Guidelines for the Analysis of Impacts upon the Environment in the Ports Sector (No. 4 of 1990).
LEX-FAOC070740
National 19/03/1990
Water for Life. Jordan’s Water Strategy 2008-2022.
LEX-FAOC038954
National 2009-02
Wastes Control Act.
LEX-FAOC171888
National Waste
Order No. 191 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food validating the Regulation on the modalities of safety control of crop production.
LEX-FAOC166680
National Agriculture 23/07/1999
Loi nº 003/91 sur la protection de l'environnement.
LEX-FAOC148027
National 23/04/1991
Cooperation Agreement on agricultural quarantine between Syria and Jordan.
LEX-FAOC160042
International Agriculture 21/08/2002
Decreto Nº 81/92 - Ley de apoyo a la caficultura nacional.
LEX-FAOC071461
National Agriculture 09/06/1992

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