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
Decreto Nº 3.395/96 - Reglamentación de los generadores de emisiones gaseosas.
LEX-FAOC144298
Local Industry 06/09/1996
Decree of the Ministry of Industry and Trade No. 38/MPP/KEP/3/1996 on the procurement and distribution of fertiliser for the sector of agriculture.
LEX-FAOC097949
National Agriculture 06/03/1996
Ministerial Decree No. 128 of 2010 issuing the Regulations for the Law on fertilizers and soil improvers.
LEX-FAOC161424
National Agriculture 17/07/2010
Environment Protection Enactment 2002
LEX-FAOC160446
National 25/10/2002
Environmental Management and Protection (General) Regulations (R.R.S. c. E-10.22 Reg. 1).
LEX-FAOC158821
Regional Waste
Arrêté interministériel n° 006/CAB/MIN/ENV/2005 et n° 108/CAB/MIN/FINANCES/2005 du 25 juillet 2005 portant fixation des taux des droits et taxes sur les établissements classés dangereux, insalubres ou incommodes à percevoir à l’initiative du Ministère de l’Environnement, Conservation de la Nature, Eaux et Forêts.
LEX-FAOC037889
National 25/07/2005
Order No. 840 on governmental subsidy for wetland projects.
LEX-FAOC052797
National 15/08/2012
NMX-AA-099-1987: Método para la determinación de nitrógeno de nitratos en agua mediante espectrofotometría.
LEX-FAOC113861
National 11/02/1987
Act containing rules relative to the trade in and the disposal of fertilizing substances (Fertilizing Substances Act).
LEX-FAOC054053
National Agriculture
Measures for the Administration of Funds for the Ecological Environment Protection Projects of Rivers and Lakes.
LEX-FAOC088470
National 12/11/2013

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