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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decreto Nº 28.852/MAG - Reglamento para la importación de insumos agropecuarios y alimentos para animales previamente registrados. |
LEX-FAOC090872 |
National | Agriculture | 12/08/2000 |
| Order of 20 September 2002 on facilities for the incineration and co-incineration of hazardous waste. |
LEX-FAOC040847 |
National | waste | 20/09/2002 |
| Resolution No 408 of 2013 of Georgian Government on Calculating Threshold Limit Values of Emission of Harmful Substances into the Ambient Air |
LEX-FAOC024696 |
National | 31/12/2013 | |
| Agriculture (Control of Importation) Act. |
LEX-FAOC105205 |
National | Agriculture | 31/03/1964 |
| Regulation on initial measurements and operational monitoring of waste water and on conditions for its implementation. |
LEX-FAOC142653 |
National | waste | 01/07/2011 |
| Ley de sanidad animal, vegetal, pesquera y acuícola del Estado de Baja California Sur. |
LEX-FAOC144073 |
Regional | Agriculture | 07/08/2006 |
| Climate Change (Stationary Energy and Industrial Processes) Regulations, 2009. |
LEX-FAOC120370 |
National | 28/09/2009 | |
| Regulation amending Regulation establishing list of substances particularly harmful to water environment for which a permission is required to introduce industrial effluent water into sewerage devices. |
LEX-FAOC073664 |
National | waste | 15/12/2008 |
| Niue National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2015. |
LEX-FAOC027445 |
National | 2015 | |
| Estrategia Nacional de Biodiversidad 2015-2030. |
LEX-FAOC033928 |
National | 2015 |