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
The Scottish Forestry Strategy 2006.
LEX-FAOC009809
Regional 28/06/1905
Acuerdo Nº 282 - NTE INEN 220 sobre el muestreo de fertilizantes (Primera revisión).
LEX-FAOC019574
National Agriculture 16/06/1998
Pollution atmosphérique -Normes de rejet NS 05-062.
LEX-FAOC099750
National 28/10/2003
Decree approving official methods for analysing fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC167619
National Agriculture 23/09/2011
Decree No. 45/2006 approving the Regulation for the prevention of marine pollution.
LEX-FAOC040283
National 30/11/2006
Decree No. 97-1329 establishing the nature reserve of the Seine estuary.
LEX-FAOC051969
National 30/12/1997
Agricultural Loans Act (Cap. 9).
LEX-FAOC016997
National Agriculture
Decision No. 939/QD-TTg approving the master plan on socio-economic development of the Mekong River delta through 2020.
LEX-FAOC098237
Regional 19/07/2012
Pollution Act (No. 6 of 1981).
LEX-FAOC098883
National
Decree of the State Minister for Environmental affairs No. 110/2003 on the Guidelines on stipulation of accomodating capacity of load of water pollution in water sources.
LEX-FAOC038306
National

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