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
Política Nacional de Diversidad Biológica.
LEX-FAOC138367
National 2011
Order No. 1019 on subsidy for the maintenance of wetlands.
LEX-FAOC098856
National 26/08/2010
Arrêté relatif à la constitution des dossiers mentionnés aux articles 4, 5, 20 et 22 du décret nº 89-3 du 3 janvier 1989 modifié concernant les eaux destinées à la consommation humaine, à l'exclusion des eaux minérales.
LEX-FAOC028007
National 24/03/1998
Ordonnance du DETEC sur les émissions des aéronefs (OEmiA).
LEX-FAOC077884
National Transport
Ley Nº 39 - Ley para establecer la Carta de Derechos y Deberes del Agricultor.
LEX-FAOC158863
Regional Agriculture 27/01/2006
Measures for the archival administration of local standards for environmental quality and pollutant discharge (2010).
LEX-FAOC141431
National 08/02/2010
Regulation on activities that affect or may affect the air quality.
LEX-FAOC144550
National 15/11/2012
Order PRE / 77/2008 - National Plan to Reduce Emissions from Large Combustion Facilities.
LEX-FAOC087299
National industry 17/01/2008
Waste Water Emission Ordinance - Plastic.
LEX-FAOC070200
National waste 18/07/2000
Order of the Walloon Government establishing a catalog of waste.
LEX-FAOC128608
Regional waste

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