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 Sustain3, pp.956–963.

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
Growth and Sustainable Development Strategy 2016-2019.
LEX-FAOC015772
National 2016
Ministerial Decree No.24 regarding validation of the regulation on the procedure of assessment and application of sanctions for damages to or pollution of the environment, exceeding the limiting levels.
LEX-FAOC065512
National 04/02/1993
Joint Decree No. 9 of 2002 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and of the Ministry of Transport and Water Affairs regarding the limit values of used and waste water discharge and their application.
LEX-FAOC090205
National waste 22/03/2002
Specifications for Offshore Environmental Monitoring(HJ442--2008.
LEX-FAOC148160
National 04/11/2009
Arrêté Ministériel N°004/16.01 du 24/05/2013 déterminant la liste des polluants de l’eau.
LEX-FAOC003275
National 24/05/2013
South Africa’s 2nd National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan.
LEX-FAOC102799
National 2015
Environment Regulation (Amendment) Regulation (L.N. No. 17 of 2014).
LEX-FAOC155273
National 24/02/2014
Decreto Nº 27.053/MAG/MEIC - Reglamento técnico RTCR 316/1997: Registro de fertilizantes, material técnico y sustancias afines.
LEX-FAOC018996
National Agriculture 05/01/1998
Royal Decree No. 986/2015 - Regulates the carryover of units from the first to the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol to private account holders with an account opened in the national registry of Spain.
LEX-FAOC010152
National 30/10/2015
Regulation on the emission of substances into the air from from foundries of aluminium and magnesium.
LEX-FAOC016917
National industry 17/04/2007

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