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 Second National Environmental Action Programme.
LEX-FAOC113106
National 14/08/2008
Acuerdo Nº 159 - Deja sin efecto el Acuerdo Nº 148, sobre registro de insumos agrícolas.
LEX-FAOC100728
National Agriculture 19/05/2009
Marine Water Quality Regulations.
LEX-FAOC170208
Regional 06/08/1991
Ordinance on the cases for which permit or registration is required for import, export and transit of waste, establishment of bank guarantee and on the control of transboundary movement of waste.
LEX-FAOC046541
National waste
Environment Act 1990.
LEX-FAOC007645
National
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan.
LEX-FAOC066058
National 01/01/2005
NOM-182-SSA1-1998: Etiquetado de nutrientes vegetales.
LEX-FAOC130459
National Agriculture 20/09/2000
Environmental Regulation (Enforcement Measures) (Scotland) Order 2015 (S.S.I. No. 383 of 2015).
LEX-FAOC099100
Regional 11/11/2015
Maximum Content Groundwater Ordinance.
LEX-FAOC025066
National 17/09/1991
Resolution No. 10 of 2006 on the emission of air pollutants.
LEX-FAOC105134
National 21/11/2006

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