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
Clean Ambient Air Act.
LEX-FAOC147491
National
Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy.
LEX-FAOC124061
National 23/10/2000
Decree-Law No. 26/2012 establishing the Environmental Basic Legislation.
LEX-FAOC074468
National 26/06/2012
Joint Regulation of the Committee of Environment, State Tax Committee and the Ministry of Finance regarding the modalities of calculation and revenue to the budget of environmental charges for the emission (discharge) into environment of pollutants and waste disposal (No. 09 – 55/2000-9/11 of 2000).
LEX-FAOC165837
National 14/01/2000
Regulation No. 1060 amending the Pollution Control Regulation.
LEX-FAOC151798
National 04/09/2013
Order No. 393 establishing rules on limits for emissions, discharge of pollutants and disposal of industrial and domestic waste.
LEX-FAOC044628
National waste 24/12/1998
Water for Life. Jordan’s Water Strategy 2008-2022.
LEX-FAOC038954
National 2009-02
Waste Water Emission Ordinance – Explosives.
LEX-FAOC151539
National waste 27/05/2003
Public Health Act (Cap. 14.01).
LEX-FAOC165234
Regional
Regulation on conditions for determining the sanitary protection zones and protective measures for water sources.
LEX-FAOC028846
National 02/10/2012

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