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
Regulations of Shanghai Municipality on protection of drinking water sources.
LEX-FAOC128437
Regional 10/12/2009
Presidential Decree No. PP-2640 “On improvement of plant protection and agrochemical servicing of agriculture”.
LEX-FAOC034608
National Agriculture 24/10/2016
Reglamento de la Ley General de Cambio Climático en Materia del Registro Nacional de Emisiones.
LEX-FAOC117015
National 24/10/2014
Loi n°1/05 du 12 mars 2010 portant réglementation de la production et de la commercialisation des fertilisants et des amendements de sols au Burundi.
LEX-FAOC146340
National Agriculture 12/03/2010
Climate Change (Waste) Regulations, 2010.
LEX-FAOC169374
National 23/09/2010
Resolución Nº 327 - Términos de referencia del Estudio de Impacto Ambiental (EIA) para los proyectos de construcción o ampliación y operación de puertos fluviales.
LEX-FAOC107997
National 17/02/2015
NMX-AA-003-1980: Lineamientos para muestrear las descargas de aguas residuales.
LEX-FAOC053781
National Waste 25/03/1980
Decree of the State Minister of Environment No. KEP-11/MENLH/3/1994 on the types of business or activity subject to an environmental impact analysis.
LEX-FAOC097865
National 19/03/1994
Regulation on emission limit values of pollutants in water and deadlines for their achievement.
LEX-FAOC154118
National Waste 25/08/2011
Forestry decree.
LEX-FAOC108784
Regional

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