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
Regulation on and the air quality limit values.
LEX-FAOC086016
National 21/11/1996
Ley de Mitigación y Adaptación al Cambio Climático y Desarrollo Sustentable para el Distrito Federal.
LEX-FAOC140952
Regional Agriculture 02/12/2010
Resolución Nº 708/96 - Normas de medición de concentración de gases y material particulado emitidos por chimenea.
LEX-FAOC151140
National 07/11/1996
National Parks Act (Chapter 198a) revised version 1996.
LEX-FAOC014414
National 01/07/1996
Regional Legislative Decree No. 22/2004/A reclassifying the Regional Natural Park of “Ilhéu de Vila Franca do Campo”.
LEX-FAOC111054
Regional 03/06/2004
Instruction No. 9 dated 27.8.2012 on the required conditions of transport, storage, and maintenance of plant fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC123498
National Agriculture 27/08/2012
Regulation on the classification of waters and categorization of watercourses.
LEX-FAOC141135
Regional 15/08/2001
Act No. 46 of 1975 on commercial farming of livestock.
LEX-FAOC030721
National Agriculture: Livestock
Decree No. 67/2003/ND-CP on environmental protection charges for waste water.
LEX-FAOC006462
National waste 13/06/2003
Environmental Protection (Effluent Limitations) Regulations, 1995.
LEX-FAOC078404
National Waste 25/08/1995

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