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/GM/No. 0013 classifying domestic water courses in order to protect their quality.
LEX-FAOC123024
National 15/01/1976
Climate Change (Stationary Energy and Industrial Processes) Regulations, 2009.
LEX-FAOC120370
National 28/09/2009
Resolución Nº 1/07 - Límites admisibles para descargas de efluentes líquidos en la Cuenca Matanza Riachuelo.
LEX-FAOC093620
Regional 31/08/2007
Climate Change (Unit Register) Regulations, 2008.
LEX-FAOC141698
National 29/09/2008
Country Areas Water Supply Act Bye-laws.
LEX-FAOC163632
Regional 29/04/1968
Public Water Supply Regulations 1994.
LEX-FAOC149699
Regional 07/01/1994
National Environmental Policy.
LEX-FAOC071914
National 2012
Ministerial Decree No. 704 validating the National classifier of pesticides and agrochemicals authorized for application in Kyrgyzstan for the period of 2011-2019.
LEX-FAOC050322
National Agriculture 04/11/2011
Resolución Nº 627 - Aprueba Protocolo Técnico para Validación de Sistemas de Monitoreo Continuo de Emisiones CEMS" requeridos por Resoluciones de Calificación Ambiental (RCA) y Planes de Prevención y/o Descontaminación (PPDA)."
LEX-FAOC125547
National 12/07/2016
Waste Water Emission Ordinance - Dairy Industry.
LEX-FAOC023941
National waste 12/01/1999

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