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
Pollution Act (No. 6 of 1981).
LEX-FAOC098883
National
Decree No. 45/2004 approving the Regulation on the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
LEX-FAOC161138
National 29/09/2004
Belize Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan 2016.
LEX-FAOC163593
National 2016
Supreme Decree No. 007/83 / A - Modifies the Regulations of the General Water Law.
LEX-FAOC089316
National 11/03/1983
Regional Decree No. 1043 validating the Regulation on regional nature monument “Popovka river valley”.
LEX-FAOC026654
Local 25/12/2013
Public Health (Sewage and Wastewater Treatment and Disposal) Regulations 2014.
LEX-FAOC020601
National Waste 2014
Estrategia Nacional de Biodiversidad 2015-2030.
LEX-FAOC033928
National 2015
Law on the Management of Pesticides and Fertilizers of 14 January 2012.
LEX-FAOC025494
National Agriculture 14/01/2012
Air Pollution Control Act.
LEX-FAOC075178
Regional
Decision No. 37/2003/QD-TTg on the import of urea fertilizer for circulation reserve.
LEX-FAOC120110
National Agriculture 12/03/2003

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