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
Airports (Environment Protection) Regulations 1997.
LEX-FAOC101335
National Industry, Transport
Royal Decree determining the sectoral conditions for the discharge of wastewater from rendering closures in ordinary surface waters.
LEX-FAOC117948
National waste 04/09/1985
Resolution No. 029/11 / CNB / INDECOPI - Peruvian Technical Standard for fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC062967
National Agriculture 20/07/2011
Regulation determining the border crossings through which the shipments of plant protection and plant nutrition will be exported, imported and transited.
LEX-FAOC007755
National Agriculture 07/10/2004
Décret nº 2006-347/PRES/PM/MECV/MCPEA/MATD/MCE/MFB portant classement des établissements dangereux, insalubres et incommodes installés au Burkina Faso.
LEX-FAOC169216
National 17/07/2006
Order No. 1432 regulating air pollution generated by fixed installations for energy production.
LEX-FAOC161748
National energy 11/12/2007
Ordenanza Municipal - Prevención y control de la contaminación ambiental en el cantón Quevedo.
LEX-FAOC155014
Regional 16/12/2002
Government Resolution No. 182/2008 on the Management Plan for the Sado Estuary (PORNES).
LEX-FAOC099221
National 24/11/2008
Water Pollution Control (Port Shelter Water Control Zone) Order (L.N. No. 249 of 1989).
LEX-FAOC093774
Local 28/07/1989
Ecological Code (Law No. 212-Z).
LEX-FAOC148251
National 09/01/2007

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