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
Food Safety Law.
LEX-FAOC071302
National Agriculture 28/02/2009
Décret N°2015-1189/PRESTRANS/PM/MERH/MEF du 22 octobre 2015 portant adoption du Plan National d’Adaptation aux changements climatiques (PNA).
LEX-FAOC125334
National Agriculture 25/10/2015
Decree No. 8.468 regulating Law No. 997 on environmental pollution control.
LEX-FAOC039037
National 08/09/1976
Decree No. 01-10.32.4-7 of the Ministry of Public Health and Welfare validating state sanitary and epidemiological standards of contents of nitrates in foodstuffs of vegetable origin.
LEX-FAOC132544
National Agriculture 29/06/2005
Resolution No. 367 of 2014 of Georgian Government on First Sanitary Protection Zone of Mineral Water Lots No 1-21 of Borjomi Deposit
LEX-FAOC011133
National 06/06/2014
Ley Nº 320-2004: Regulación de uso de agroquímicos.
LEX-FAOC168893
National Agriculture 22/04/2004
Décret portant les dispositions générales en matière de la politique de l’énergie (1).
LEX-FAOC162886
Local, Regional Energy 08/05/2009
Ozone Assessment Ordinance.
LEX-FAOC100470
National 27/02/2004
Supreme Decree Nº 024-2017-HOUSING ─ Classification of Administrative Infractions and Scale of Sanctions in Environmental Matters in the Sanitation Sector.
LEX-FAOC105510
National waste 14/09/2017
East Pakistan Water Pollution Control Ordinance (No. V of 1970).
LEX-FAOC061561
National 14/02/1970

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