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
Loi instituant deux fonds pour le développement des énergies renouvelables et les économies d'énergie.
LEX-FAOC024722
Regional
Agricultural and Livestock Policy, 1997.
LEX-FAOC015391
National Agriculture 19/06/1905
Governmental Decree No. 271 validating the Regulation on Water Protective Zones and Strips of Water Sites.
LEX-FAOC105402
National 07/07/1995
NMX-AA-003-1980: Lineamientos para muestrear las descargas de aguas residuales.
LEX-FAOC053781
National Waste 25/03/1980
Arrêté conjoint du Ministre chargé l’Aménagement du Territoire, de l’Eau et de l’Environnement n°2028-03 du 10 Ramadan 1424 (5 Novembre 2003) fixant les normes de qualité des eaux piscicoles.
LEX-FAOC081911
National Agriculture: Aquaculture 05/11/2003
Regulation on emission limit values of pollutants in water and deadlines for their achievement.
LEX-FAOC154118
National Waste 25/08/2011
Punjab Agricultural Development and Supplies Corporation Act, 1973 (Pb. Act No. XXI of 1973).
LEX-FAOC114630
National Agriculture
Environmental Protection Regulations 1987.
LEX-FAOC144420
Regional
Loi n°022/2008 du 10 décembre 2008 portant Code Agricole en République Gabonaise.
LEX-FAOC068379
National Agriculture 10/12/2008
Regulation on the types of fertilizers, the conditions for ammonium nitrate fertilizers of high nitrogen concentration, method of labeling and packaging of fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC096008
National Agriculture 19/06/2015

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