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 Sustain3, pp.956–963.

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
Regional Decree No. 471 validating the Regulation on regional state nature reserve “Dolgaya polyana” (Long clearing).
LEX-FAOC026658
Regional
Regulation No. 177 on the discharge of liquid wastes and the criteria for zoning water environments.
LEX-FAOC051835
National Waste 31/03/2005
Resolution No. 044-2012-SUNASS ─ Directive on Maximum Admissible Values (VMA) for discharges of non-domestic wastewater into the sanitary sewer system.
LEX-FAOC035240
National Waste 26/12/2012
Water (Amendment No. 5) Law, 5732-1971.
LEX-FAOC167674
National 29/11/1971
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
Environment Act 2008 (No. 10 of 2008).
LEX-FAOC148866
National 2008
Environmental Quality (Scheduled Wastes) Regulations 2005, PU(A) 294/2005.
LEX-FAOC032554
National waste 15/08/2005
Loi n° 07-018 portant Code de l’Environnement de la République Centrafricaine.
LEX-FAOC086414
National 28/12/2007
Action Plan on Prevention and Control of Soil Pollution.
LEX-FAOC112010
National Agriculture 28/05/2016
Resolution No. 35/2016 approving the Cape Verde National Protected Areas Strategy (ENAP), general policy to all National Network of Protected Areas (RNAP).
LEX-FAOC032443
National 17/03/2016

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