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
Arrêté Interministériel fixant les conditions de rejets des eaux usées et normes de rejet NS 05-061.
LEX-FAOC100529
National Waste 28/11/2001
Regulation on limits of air emissions from biomass incineration plants.
LEX-FAOC132151
National Energy 03/06/2005
Supreme Decree No. 007/83 / A - Modifies the Regulations of the General Water Law.
LEX-FAOC089316
National 11/03/1983
Environmental Control Water and Sewage Regulations, 2003 (N.L.R. 65/03).
LEX-FAOC080841
Regional
Decreto Nº 36.551/S/MINAET/MTSS - Reglamento sobre emisión de contaminantes atmosféricos provenientes de calderas y hornos de tipo indirecto.
LEX-FAOC117805
National Energy, Industry 27/04/2011
Environment, Health and Consumer Protection Fees Ordinance.
LEX-FAOC046927
Regional
Decision No. 529/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on accounting rules on greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities relating to land use, land-use change and forestry and on information concerning actions relating to those activities.
LEX-FAOC044306
National 21/05/2013
Decree No. 18/2015/ND-CP prescribing environmental protection master plan, strategic environmental assessment, environmental impact assessment and environmental protection plan.
LEX-FAOC082647
National 14/02/2015
Urban Waste Water Treatment Regulations, 2001 (L.N. No. 340 of 2001).
LEX-FAOC150968
National waste 2001
Resolución Nº 359/2011 - Actualízanse los requisitos para la certificación de la calidad de los productos inscriptos en los registros nacionales de terapéutica vegetal y de fertilizantes, enmiendas, sustratos, acondicionadores, protectores y materias primas.
LEX-FAOC165033
National Agriculture 07/06/2011

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