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
Acuerdo Nº 358 - Autoriza a los gremios agropecuarios la importación de insumos agropecuarios.
LEX-FAOC150648
National Agriculture 16/12/2003
Acuerdo Nº 2-2017-SENASA ─ Modifica el Acuerdo Nº 1-2016-SENASA, Reglamento de tasas por servicios prestados por el Servicio Nacional de Sanidad e Inocuidad Agroalimentaria (SENASA).
LEX-FAOC090051
National Agriculture 08/06/2017
Emergency Decree No. 076-97 ─ Creates the National Revolving Fund for Fertilizers, Agrochemicals and Seeds (FRONFAS).
LEX-FAOC012103
National Agriculture 11/08/1997
Nkansi District Council (Cultivation of Agricultural Land) By-laws (G.N. No. 111 of 1994).
LEX-FAOC138747
Local Agriculture 29/06/1993
Pembroke Marsh Canal Regulations 1971.
LEX-FAOC048180
Regional 04/09/1971
Order of February 2, 1998 relating to the sampling and the consumption of water as well as the emissions of any kind of installations classified for the protection of the environment subject to authorization.
LEX-FAOC122606
National 02/02/1998
Decree No. 105 of the Ministry of Public Health validating Sanitary and hygienic rules and regulations for sources of noncentralized potable water supply to the population.
LEX-FAOC044741
National Waste 02/08/2010
Regulation on Environmental Pollution Control.
LEX-FAOC065175
National 25/07/1989
Decreto Nº 3.395/96 - Reglamentación de los generadores de emisiones gaseosas.
LEX-FAOC144298
Local Industry 06/09/1996
Water Authority Law, 1982. (Law No. 18 of 1982).
LEX-FAOC146976
National 14/03/1983

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