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
Decision No. 529/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on accounting rules on greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities relating to land use, land-use change and forestry and on information concerning actions relating to those activities.
LEX-FAOC044306
National 21/05/2013
Pesticides and Fertilizers Licence Regulation (Man. Reg.216/87).
LEX-FAOC101336
Regional Agriculture
Conservation of Water Resources and Rivers Law (The State Peace and Development Council Law No. 8/2006).
LEX-FAOC163038
National 02/10/2006
Resolution No. 22/04 approving the Strategy for the Rational Use of Agro-Mineral Resources and the Launching of the Fertilizer Industry.
LEX-FAOC101081
National Agriculture 24/09/2004
Regulation on Limit Values of Pollutants in Air.
LEX-FAOC009290
National 03/11/2005
Royal Decree No. 253/2016 - Regulatory basis for the granting of subsidies for the creation of supra-autonomous operational groups in relation to the European Association for Innovation in agricultural productivity and sustainability.
LEX-FAOC030302
National Agriculture 10/06/2016
Cap and Trade Program Regulations (O. Reg. 144/16).
LEX-FAOC122989
Regional 08/07/1905
Resolución Nº 215 - Plan Estratégico Nacional para el Desarrollo de la Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (PENCYT) 2010-2014.
LEX-FAOC152442
National 10/12/2010
Special Act on the Improvement of Air Quality in Seoul Metropolitan Area.
LEX-FAOC149098
National
Ordonnance nº 43/54- Nitrate de potassium.
LEX-FAOC171389
National Agriculture 19/02/1953

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