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
Disposición Nº 119/07 - Modificación del Sistema Federal de Fiscalización de Agroquímicos y Biológicos.
LEX-FAOC124906
National Agriculture 19/07/2007
Décret n° 2011-829 du 11 juillet 2011 relatif au bilan des émissions de gaz à effet de serre et au plan climat-énergie territorial.
LEX-FAOC015985
National 11/07/2011
Order No. 2-139 of 2016 of Minister of Agriculture of Georgia on State Catalog of Agrochemicals Permitted for Use in Georgia
LEX-FAOC038502
National Agriculture 29/07/2016
East Pakistan Water Pollution Control Ordinance (No. V of 1970).
LEX-FAOC061561
National 14/02/1970
Natural Resources Conservation (Ambient Air Quality Standards) Regulations, 1996.
LEX-FAOC162363
National
Resolución Nº 15/08 - Reglamento para la agricultura orgánica.
LEX-FAOC160391
National Agriculture 28/07/2008
Law No. 4/2009 - Law on integrated environmental protection.
LEX-FAOC113914
Regional 14/05/2009
Environmental Protection and Pollution Control (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Cap. 204).
LEX-FAOC096302
National Industry
Stratégie et Plan d’Actions de l’Initiative Grande Muraille Verte au Burkina Faso (SPA/IGMV).
LEX-FAOC105923
Regional Agriculture 2012
Regulation establishing duties of industrial sewage suppliers and conditions for introducing sewage into sewage pipes.
LEX-FAOC142669
National waste 14/07/2006

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