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
Regulation of the Agriculture Minister No. 70/Permentan/SR.140/10/2011 on organic fertilizer, bio fertilizer and soil conditioner.
LEX-FAOC002516
National Agriculture 25/10/2011
Ordonnance nº 2000-914 relative à la partie Législative du Code de l'environnement.
LEX-FAOC105730
National 18/09/2000
Royal Decree determining the sectoral conditions for the discharge of waste water from the poultry slaughterhouse sector into ordinary surface waters.
LEX-FAOC033634
National waste 02/08/1985
Decree No. 86 of 1998 containing rules relative to spreading upon the soil or bringing into the soil of Organic Fertilizing Substances (Decree Use Fertilizers of Animal Origin).
LEX-FAOC107883
National Agriculture
Fertilizers, Farm Feeds and Remedies Act [Chapter 18:12].
LEX-FAOC146780
Agriculture
China National Biodiversity Conservation Strategy and Action Plan (2011-2030).
LEX-FAOC081592
National 17/09/2010
Reglamento Interior de la Comisión Intersecretarial para el Control del Proceso y Uso de Plaguicidas, Fertilizantes y Sustancias Tóxicas.
LEX-FAOC115402
National Agriculture 1988
Water Code of the Republic of Armenia.
LEX-FAOC141128
National 17/06/2002
Importation of Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Order, 1996 (G.S.I. No. 11 of 1996).
LEX-FAOC079090
Regional Agriculture 16/04/1996
Environment Protection Act 1970 (No. 8056).
LEX-FAOC146364
Regional

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