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
NMX-AA-014-1980: Lineamientos para el muestreo en cuerpos receptores de aguas superficiales.
LEX-FAOC093821
National 05/09/1980
Décret N°2015-1189/PRESTRANS/PM/MERH/MEF du 22 octobre 2015 portant adoption du Plan National d’Adaptation aux changements climatiques (PNA).
LEX-FAOC125334
National Agriculture 25/10/2015
Burgenland Soil Protection Law.
LEX-FAOC129464
Regional Agriculture
Presidential Decree No. 59 on environmental authorization and simplifying administrative procedures on environmental matters to be followed by small and medium enterprises.
LEX-FAOC093186
National 13/03/2013
Resolución Nº 30.021 - Requisitos para la Certificación en Buenas Prácticas Agrícolas en producción primaria de vegetales y otras especies para consumo humano.
LEX-FAOC147728
National Agriculture 28/04/2017
Ministerial Decree No. 83 on regular inspection of transport and other mobile means for compliance with technical requirements set for emission of pollutants to the atmospheric air.
LEX-FAOC161767
National Transport
Announcement No. 3 of 2008 of Ministry of Environmental Protection establishing National Pollutants Discharge Standard concerning Limits and Measurement Method for Exhaust Pollutants from Gasoline Engines of Heavy-duty Vehicles (III, IV) (GB 14762-2008).
LEX-FAOC067110
National Transport 31/03/2008
Joint Regulation of the Committee of Environment, State Tax Committee and the Ministry of Finance regarding the modalities of calculation and revenue to the budget of environmental charges for the emission (discharge) into environment of pollutants and waste disposal (No. 09 – 55/2000-9/11 of 2000).
LEX-FAOC165837
National 14/01/2000
Government Decision on the use of sewage sludge in agriculture (No. 282 of 1994).
LEX-FAOC087596
National Agriculture, Waste 14/04/1994
Organic Agriculture Act of 2010 (Republic Act No. 10068).
LEX-FAOC124948
National Agriculture 06/04/2010

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