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 Sustain3, pp.956–963.

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
Decreto Nº 28.659/S - Reglamento de expendios y bodegas de agroquímicos.
LEX-FAOC075525
National Agriculture 13/04/2000
Action Plan on Prevention and Control of Soil Pollution.
LEX-FAOC112010
National Agriculture 28/05/2016
Ordinance (2013:252) on large incineration plants.
LEX-FAOC130217
National industry 08/05/2013
Ministerial Decree No. 847 on restricting, suspending, or eliminating emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere.
LEX-FAOC041334
National 28/11/2002
Agriculture Fertilizer Regulation, 1938.
LEX-FAOC131244
National Agriculture 1939
Grand-Ducal Regulation establishing a set of aid schemes for the safeguarding of biological diversity.
LEX-FAOC151929
National 22/03/2002
Regulations of Shanghai Municipality on protection of drinking water sources.
LEX-FAOC128437
Regional 10/12/2009
Acuerdo Nº 282 - NTE INEN 220 sobre el muestreo de fertilizantes (Primera revisión).
LEX-FAOC019574
National Agriculture 16/06/1998
Regulation of The Minister of Trade of the RI, No. 05/M-DAG/PER/1/2016 providing for Exportation and Importation of Animal and Animal Products.
LEX-FAOC111619
National Agriculture 28/01/2016
Pollution atmosphérique -Normes de rejet NS 05-062.
LEX-FAOC099750
National 28/10/2003

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