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 46/10 - Estrategia Nacional de Cambio Climático.
LEX-FAOC137985
National Agriculture 29/11/2010
Loi n° 2013-001du 14 janvier 2013 portant code foncier et domanial en République du Bénin.
LEX-FAOC120571
National Agriculture 14/01/2013
National Environment Strategy for Jordan - A Resource Book of Information and Guidelines for Action.
LEX-FAOC106319
National 1991
Gestion Durable des Ressources en Eau.
LEX-FAOC045854
National Agriculture 2007
Regulation on fees for air pollution from power plants.
LEX-FAOC161391
National 20/11/2001
Ministerial Decree No. 559 validating the Regulation on calculation of environmental fees for environmental pollution.
LEX-FAOC071807
National 19/09/2011
Resolution No. 197-2016-MINAM ─ Creates the National REDD + Registry and establishes provisions for its implementation and management.
LEX-FAOC023005
National 26/07/2016
Directions in terms of section 20(5)(b) of the Environment Conservation Act with regard to the control and management of general and communal and general small waste disposal sites (G.N. No. 91 of 2002).
LEX-FAOC121379
National Waste 01/02/2002
Decreto Nº 20 - Reglamento para la protección de datos de prueba de nuevos productos químicos agrícolas.
LEX-FAOC142791
National Agriculture 11/03/2009
Water pollution control (Freshwater quality standards to preserve the life of fish) Ordinance of 2001 (P.I. No. 10/2001).
LEX-FAOC124183
National 03/01/2001

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