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
Law on mineral fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC095163
National Agriculture 21/10/2004
Notification of the Ministry of Environment and Forests declaring the Sultanpur National Park to be an Eco-sensitive Zone.
LEX-FAOC071313
National 27/01/2010
Public Health (Sewerage) Regulation 1973.
LEX-FAOC061580
National Waste
Regulation on the conditions for classification and identifying of the quality of plant nutrition products, deviations regarding the content of nutrients and the minimum and maximum values of tolerance of nutrient content and on the declaration and labelling of plant nutrition products.
LEX-FAOC112216
National Agriculture 16/09/2009
Resolución Nº 2 - Medidas de control de actividades que alteran la cantidad y/o calidad de las aguas superficiales y/o subterráneas.
LEX-FAOC102817
National 20/02/2016
Quatre Bornes (Cleansing, management and protection of drains, gutters, canals and streams) Regulation 2012 (G.N. No. 64 of 2012).
LEX-FAOC139667
Regional 27/01/2012
Pembroke Marsh Canal Regulations 1971.
LEX-FAOC048180
Regional 04/09/1971
Rules for implementation of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the prevention and control of water pollution (2000).
LEX-FAOC148937
National
Decreto Nº 31.961/COMEX/MAG - Publica la Resolución Nº 188-2004 (COMIECO), registro comercial de insumos y plaguicidas de uso agrícola.
LEX-FAOC095978
National Agriculture 23/07/2004
Acuerdo por el que se expide la Estrategia Nacional de Cambio Climático.
LEX-FAOC155761
National Agriculture 30/05/2013

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