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
NOM-EM-148-SEMARNAT-2006: Contaminación atmosférica por refinerías de petróleo.
LEX-FAOC125136
National Energy 28/03/2006
Marine Pollution Act.
LEX-FAOC027936
National Transport
Decreto Nº 104/93 - Ley General del Medio Ambiente.
LEX-FAOC134048
National 08/06/1993
Quality Standard for Groundwater of the People's Republic of China.
LEX-FAOC164804
National 30/12/1993
Regulation No. 2 of the Ministry of Health regarding the maximum admissible hazardous contaminant levels in communities’ ambient air.
LEX-FAOC066882
National
NOMEM-034-FITO-2000: Requisitos para la aplicación y certificación de buenas prácticas agrícolas en los procesos de producción de frutas y hortalizas frescas.
LEX-FAOC115579
National Agriculture 17/10/2000
Cooperation Agreement on agricultural quarantine between Syria and Jordan.
LEX-FAOC160042
International Agriculture 21/08/2002
Law on waste management.
LEX-FAOC116480
National waste
Resolution No.507/1 of 2012 - Conditions for registration of fertilizers and soil improvers traded in Lebanon.
LEX-FAOC003011
National Agriculture 08/06/2012
Loi fédérale sur la protection des eaux (LEaux).
LEX-FAOC068800
National

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