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
Act No. 86/IV/93 of 26 June 1993 defining environmental policy.
LEX-FAOC045088
National 26/06/1993
Regulation on the protection and improvement of waters being habitat for trout and crab species.
LEX-FAOC125659
National 12/01/2014
Decree No. 390 of 2006 concerning agriculture and environment management.
LEX-FAOC106351
National Agriculture 13/07/2006
Order of the Flemish Executive regulating operations likely to pollute groundwater.
LEX-FAOC137517
Regional
Loi nº 2001-01 portant Code de l'environnement.
LEX-FAOC091098
National 15/01/2001
Water Law.
LEX-FAOC150395
National 13/11/2006
Decree No. 43 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating the Regulation on the modalities of setting maximum permissible limits of emissions of pollutants to the atmospheric air.
LEX-FAOC015986
National
Resolución Nº 403 - Somete a libertad vigilada algunos fertilizantes y plaguicidas de uso agrícola.
LEX-FAOC074249
National Agriculture 17/12/2008
Notification of the Ministry of Environment and Forests: Matheran and surrounding region as an Eco-sensitive Zone.
LEX-FAOC099051
Regional 04/02/2003
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Aquaculture) Regulations 2000.
LEX-FAOC173888
National

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