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
Water Act 2003 (No. 7 of 2003).
LEX-FAOC132045
National 05/03/2003
Agriculture (Guaranteed Prices and Financial Assistance) (Jersey) Law 1965.
LEX-FAOC044004
Regional Agriculture
Sewage Sludge Law.
LEX-FAOC126247
Regional Agriculture
Government Decree on Treating Domestic Wastewater in Areas Outside Sewer Networks (No. 209/2011).
LEX-FAOC114666
National waste 11/03/2011
Regulations on Reviewing Improvement Plans Regarding Drinking Water Source Quality or Water Treatment (2006).
LEX-FAOC122648
National 04/07/2006
Order of May 14, 2008 relating to the introduction of compensation compensation for environmental constraints in certain catchment areas protection areas.
LEX-FAOC047007
National Agriculture 14/05/2008
National Biodiversity Strategy to 2020, vision to 2030.
LEX-FAOC025253
National 2011
Order of the Flemish Executive laying down the Flemish Regulation on Ecological Authorization (Title I of VLAREM).
LEX-FAOC155996
Regional
Ministerial Decree No. 261 on rules of the state water cadastre.
LEX-FAOC166882
National 05/12/1995
Fertilizer Regulation Act (Act No. 127).
LEX-FAOC128919
National Agriculture

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