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
Regulation of The Minister of Trade of the RI, No. 05/M-DAG/PER/1/2016 providing for Exportation and Importation of Animal and Animal Products.
LEX-FAOC111619
National Agriculture 28/01/2016
Public Health (Health and Sanitation) (Prevention of Defilement of Rivers and Streams) Regulations (Cap. 189).
LEX-FAOC098876
National
Supreme Decree No. 007/83 / A - Modifies the Regulations of the General Water Law.
LEX-FAOC089316
National 11/03/1983
Regulation on the registration in the Register of fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC164535
National Agriculture 25/05/2007
Burgenland Air Pollution Control, Heating and Air Conditioning Plants Law 2008.
LEX-FAOC093766
Regional
Decreto Nº 111 - Ley Ambiental para el Desarrollo Sustentable del Estado de Michoacán de Ocampo.
LEX-FAOC088032
Regional 07/02/2013
Environmental Quality (Control of Emission from Diesel Engines) Regulations 1996, PU (A) 429.
LEX-FAOC054804
National Transport 1996
Forest, Soil and Water Conservation Act (Cap. 116).
LEX-FAOC050633
National
Ministerial Decree No. 584 validating the Regulation on issuance of quotas for emissions of greenhouse gases.
LEX-FAOC001716
National 07/05/2012
Land Code of the Republic of Moldova.
LEX-FAOC067271
National

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