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
Arrêté A/2017/007/MPAEM/CAB/SGG du 10 janvier 2017 définissant les critères de la qualité des eaux utilisées dans les établissements de traitement des produits de pêche et d'aquaculture.
LEX-FAOC067383
National 10/01/2017
Act containing rules relative to the trade in and the disposal of fertilizing substances (Fertilizing Substances Act).
LEX-FAOC054053
National Agriculture
Clean Waters Regulations 1972.
LEX-FAOC092897
Regional
Waste Water Emission Ordinance - Dairy Industry.
LEX-FAOC023941
National waste 12/01/1999
Bangladesh Environment Conservation Act, 1995. (Act No. 1 of 1995)(as amended by Act Nos 12 of 2000 and 9 of 2002).
LEX-FAOC047942
National 16/02/1995
Decree laying down details on the management of agricultural land in vulnerable areas.
LEX-FAOC137426
National Agriculture 27/06/2016
Notification of the Ministry of Environment and Forests declaring the Sultanpur National Park to be an Eco-sensitive Zone.
LEX-FAOC071313
National 27/01/2010
Regulation on the conditions for classification and identifying of the quality of plant nutrition products, deviations regarding the content of nutrients and the minimum and maximum values of tolerance of nutrient content and on the declaration and labelling of plant nutrition products.
LEX-FAOC112216
National Agriculture 16/09/2009
CIS Agreement on rational management and protection of transboundary waterbodies.
LEX-FAOC112559
International 11/09/1998
Resolución Nº 2 - Medidas de control de actividades que alteran la cantidad y/o calidad de las aguas superficiales y/o subterráneas.
LEX-FAOC102817
National 20/02/2016

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