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
Decree No. 86 of 1998 containing rules relative to spreading upon the soil or bringing into the soil of Organic Fertilizing Substances (Decree Use Fertilizers of Animal Origin).
LEX-FAOC107883
National Agriculture
Environmental Assessment Regulations, 2003 (N.L.R. 54/03).
LEX-FAOC141755
Regional 23/05/2003
Airports (Environment Protection) Regulations 1997.
LEX-FAOC101335
National Industry, Transport
Regulation on quality and sanitary and technical conditions for wastewater discharge into the recipient and public sewage system, the method and procedure of testing the quality of waste water, the minimum number of tests and the content of the report on the determined waste water quality.
LEX-FAOC026000
National 2008-07
Resolución Nº 79 - NTE INEN ISO 14064-1 sobre especificación con orientación a nivel de las organizaciones para la cuantificación y el informe de las emisiones y remociones de gases de efecto invernadero.
LEX-FAOC167972
National Agriculture 14/07/2010
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan.
LEX-FAOC101458
National 2002
Regulation No. 25 on the preservation of rivers and public waters from pollution.
LEX-FAOC149113
National 16/07/1967
Estrategia Nacional de Conservación y Uso Sostenible de la Biodiversidad - Plan de Acción (ENBPA) 2011-2020.
LEX-FAOC136302
National 2011
Decree on sampling and chemical analysis of fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC010957
National Agriculture 12/11/1998
Water Act (RSA 2000, c. W-3).
LEX-FAOC152445
Regional

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