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
Sewage Sludge Compensation Fund Ordinance.
LEX-FAOC027781
National Agriculture
Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act, 2010 (Act No. A2010-41).
LEX-FAOC157237
Regional Energy 04/11/2010
Belize Land Development Authority Act.
LEX-FAOC138639
National
NMX-AA-115-SCFI-2001: Criterios para el control de la calidad de resultados analíticos de aguas naturales y residuales.
LEX-FAOC146296
National 2001
Regulation on maximum levels for certain contaminants in food.
LEX-FAOC132153
National Agriculture 12/02/2009
Decreto Nº 2.001 - Crea la Comisión Intersectorial de Insumos Agrícolas y Pecuarios.
LEX-FAOC145217
National Agriculture 12/09/2013
Act to amend the Agricultural Law to provide for the prevention of water pollution and to protect the marine life within the rivers and streams of the Republic.
LEX-FAOC107112
National Agriculture 11/04/1973
Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act, 1999 (Cap. 387).
LEX-FAOC049086
National
Décret nº 2001-110 fixant les normes de qualité de l'air en République de Bénin.
LEX-FAOC170131
National Industry, Transport 04/04/2001
Alpine Law.
LEX-FAOC140918
Regional

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