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
Decreto Nº 3.609 - Reglamento de importación y producción de fertilizantes (Libro II, Título XII del Texto Unificado de la Legislación Secundaria del Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería).
LEX-FAOC159737
National Agriculture
Política Nacional para la Gestión Integral del Recurso Hídrico.
LEX-FAOC107842
National 2010
Decree relative to waste sludge.
LEX-FAOC051977
National Waste
Parks and Trees Regulations 2005 (No. S 519 of 2005).
LEX-FAOC137954
National
Regulation establishing the reference conditions for surface waters.
LEX-FAOC019923
National 06/09/2011
Grenada National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2016-2020
LEX-FAOC030718
National 30/06/2016
Environmental (Impact Assessment and Audit) Regulations, 2003 (Cap. 387).
LEX-FAOC105569
National
Ley Nº 822 - Normas relacionadas con los agroquímicos genéricos.
LEX-FAOC172925
National Agriculture 10/07/2003
Order PRA / 321/2017 - Procedures for determining the emissions of atmospheric pollutants SO2, NOx, particulates and CO from large combustion plants, the control of measuring instruments and the processing and transmission of information related to said emissions.
LEX-FAOC172831
National industry 07/04/2017
Ministerial Decree No. 112 on rules of the special permit given on harmful substances emitted in atmospheric air and their harmful physical influences.
LEX-FAOC015832
National 13/07/2002

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