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
Supreme Decree No. 047-2001-MTC ─ Maximum Permissible Limits of pollutant emissions for motor vehicles that circulate in the road network.
LEX-FAOC137744
National Transport 30/10/2001
Regulation on the management of surface water quality.
LEX-FAOC107289
National 30/11/2012
Act on Water Management of and Resident Support in the Nakdong River Basin.
LEX-FAOC047151
Regional
Waste Water Emission Ordinance – Washing and Dry Cleaning.
LEX-FAOC036145
National waste 27/05/2003
Decreto Nº 1.589 - Políticas básicas ambientales del Ecuador.
LEX-FAOC038893
National 07/07/2006
Law on waste management.
LEX-FAOC116480
National waste
National Biodiversity Action Plan.
LEX-FAOC112045
National 06/10/2008
Regulation on the protection measures, methods for determining and maintaining of zones and borders of sanitary protection areas.
LEX-FAOC154451
National 14/11/2002
Loi fédérale sur la protection des eaux (LEaux).
LEX-FAOC068800
National
Decision No. 939/QD-TTg approving the master plan on socio-economic development of the Mekong River delta through 2020.
LEX-FAOC098237
Regional 19/07/2012

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