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
Ordonnance nº 045\PRG\87 portant Code sur la protection et la mise en valeur de l'environnement.
LEX-FAOC015407
National 28/05/1987
Law No. 3/1998 - Comprehensive intervention of the environmental administration.
LEX-FAOC159048
Regional 27/02/1998
Government Regulation on Rivers (No. 35 of 1991).
LEX-FAOC091380
National 14/06/1991
Water Protection Regulation of 2005.
LEX-FAOC132553
National 2005
Regulation on inland waterways.
LEX-FAOC149233
National Transport 13/11/2008
Decision No. 124/QD-TTg approving the master plan for agricultural production development through 2020, with a vision toward 2030.
LEX-FAOC170603
National Agriculture 02/02/2012
Royal Decree No. 301/2011 - Mitigation measures equivalent to participation in the trading regime of emission rights for the exclusion of small-sized facilities.
LEX-FAOC051750
National industry 04/03/2011
An Act respecting an aid scheme for climate loans.
LEX-FAOC105399
National 23/12/2016
Agricultural Sector Development Programme.
LEX-FAOC125357
National Agriculture 08/07/1905
Act on compensation for environmental damage (No. 994 of 2014).
LEX-FAOC159756
National

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