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 No. 33 of the Minister of the Environment validating the Procedure and Methods for Determining Emissions of Pollutants from Combustion Plants into Ambient Air.
LEX-FAOC173492
National industry 17/03/1999
Ley Nº 6.186 - Ley de fomento agrícola.
LEX-FAOC113155
National Agriculture 12/02/1963
Regulation No. 365 on utilisation, monitoring and control of sewage sludge and the compost thereof.
LEX-FAOC050775
National Agriculture 20/08/2002
Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990.
LEX-FAOC019572
National Agriculture
Resolution No. 82/1 of 2007 on the importation processed and unprocessed natural fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC075013
National Agriculture 07/03/2007
Decreto Nº 33/95 - Disposiciones para el Control de la Contaminación Proveniente de las Descargas de Aguas Residuales Domésticas, Industriales y Agropecuarias.
LEX-FAOC147694
National Waste 14/06/1995
Emission Allowances Auction Ordinance 2012.
LEX-FAOC146707
National 17/07/2009
Presidential Decree No. 274 on the rehabilitation of the Pasig River.
LEX-FAOC051964
National 18/08/1973
Resolución Nº 601 - Norma de calidad del aire o nivel de inmisión para todo el territorio nacional.
LEX-FAOC068760
National 04/04/2006
2014-2024 National Environmental Policy and Strategy.
LEX-FAOC138633
National 2014

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