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
Food Safety Law.
LEX-FAOC071302
National Agriculture 28/02/2009
Decree of the State Minister for Environment No. 133/2004 on the standard quality of emission for activities of the fertilizer industry.
LEX-FAOC054234
National Industry 12/08/2004
Decree No. 8.468 regulating Law No. 997 on environmental pollution control.
LEX-FAOC039037
National 08/09/1976
Ordonnance sur les subventions en matière de construction des installations de stockage des engrais organiques.
LEX-FAOC048108
Regional Agriculture 05/01/1991
Regulation on Organic Production of Plants and Plant Products.
LEX-FAOC104415
National Agriculture 17/10/2001
Circular No. 02/2008/TT-BCT guiding the conditions and the grant of permits for trading in high-content ammonium nitrate.
LEX-FAOC109841
National Agriculture 19/02/2008
Royal Decree determining the sectoral conditions for discharging wastewater from oil refineries into ordinary surface waters.
LEX-FAOC053794
National waste
Supreme Decree Nº 024-2017-HOUSING ─ Classification of Administrative Infractions and Scale of Sanctions in Environmental Matters in the Sanitation Sector.
LEX-FAOC105510
National waste 14/09/2017
Regulation of Fertilizer Act (No. 69 of 1988).
LEX-FAOC066449
National Agriculture 17/12/1988
Drinking Water Regulation (Y.O.I.C. 2007/139).
LEX-FAOC163208
Regional

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