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 interministériel n°188/CAB/MIN/AGRI./2013 et n° 1016/CAB/MIN/FINANCES/2013 du 03 septembre 2013 portant fixation des taux des droits, taxes et redevances à percevoir à l’initiative du Ministère de l’Agriculture et Développement Rural.
LEX-FAOC103147
National Agriculture 03/09/2013
China National Biodiversity Conservation Strategy and Action Plan (2011-2030).
LEX-FAOC081592
National 17/09/2010
Reglamento Interior de la Comisión Intersecretarial para el Control del Proceso y Uso de Plaguicidas, Fertilizantes y Sustancias Tóxicas.
LEX-FAOC115402
National Agriculture 1988
Resolution No. 161 of 2005 creating the Fertilizers Committee at the Ministry of Agriculture.
LEX-FAOC035741
National Agriculture 14/04/2005
Resolución Nº 112 - Términos de referencia del Estudio de Impacto Ambiental (EIA) para el trámite de la licencia ambiental de los proyectos de construcción o ampliación y operación de puertos marítimos de gran calado.
LEX-FAOC065123
National 28/01/2015
Resolución Nº 327 - Términos de referencia del Estudio de Impacto Ambiental (EIA) para los proyectos de construcción o ampliación y operación de puertos fluviales.
LEX-FAOC107997
National 17/02/2015
Decree No. 37 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating the Regulation on the modalities of elaboration of technological rates of emissions to the atmospheric air.
LEX-FAOC132276
National 08/06/2009
Decree of the State Minister of Environment No. KEP-11/MENLH/3/1994 on the types of business or activity subject to an environmental impact analysis.
LEX-FAOC097865
National 19/03/1994
Regulations of Liaoning province on protection of Dahuofang drinking water sources.
LEX-FAOC023018
Regional 26/09/2014
Decree No. 15.518 creating the State Plan of Mitigation and Adaptation to climate change (ABC-Piauí).
LEX-FAOC030331
Regional Agriculture 28/01/2014

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