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
Acuerdo por el que se da a conocer los lineamientos para la operación orgánica de las actividades agropecuarias.
LEX-FAOC022905
National Agriculture 2013
Regional Decree No. 534 validating the Regulation on regional state nature reserves.
LEX-FAOC115877
Regional 27/05/2011
Order of the Walloon Government concerning the establishment of a surveillance zone for the protection of carbon dioxide waters of and around Stoumont.
LEX-FAOC073773
Regional 26/05/1994
Royal Decree regulating the emission levels of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and carbon monoxide (CO) for central heating boilers and burners supplied with liquid or gaseous fuels for which the nominal heat input is equal to or less than 400 kW .
LEX-FAOC067077
National 08/01/2004
Royal Decree No. 1.110 / 1991 - Official methods of analysis of organic fertilizer products.
LEX-FAOC110701
National Agriculture 12/07/1991
Notifiaction on sensitive and less sensitive areas implementing the regulation on urban waste water treatment.
LEX-FAOC104567
National Waste 27/06/2009
Order No. 93 on subsidy for maintaining changed drainage.
LEX-FAOC111976
National Agriculture 28/01/2010
Act No. 86/IV/93 of 26 June 1993 defining environmental policy.
LEX-FAOC045088
National 26/06/1993
Resolución Nº 222/02 - Establece el padrón de calidad de las aguas en el territorio nacional.
LEX-FAOC119420
National 22/04/2002
Decreto Nº 123 - Reglamenta el proceso de evaluación de impacto ambiental.
LEX-FAOC094279
National 14/08/2009

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