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
Parks (Federal Territory of Putrajaya) By-Laws 2002
LEX-FAOC164681
Regional 22/08/2002
Water Protection Zone (River Dee Catchment) Designation Order 1999 (S.I. No. 915 of 1999).
LEX-FAOC080590
Regional 19/03/1999
Regulation amending the Regulation on the conditions, manner and form required for exercising the right of recourse for fertilizer.
LEX-FAOC092366
National Agriculture 01/02/2016
Regulation on method of monitoring quantity of substances emission included in the emission allowance trading system of the Community.
LEX-FAOC082120
National 12/09/2008
Acuerdo Nº 81 - Reglamento para la conservación y mantenimiento de presas y embalses.
LEX-FAOC067399
National 06/03/1978
Decree No. 42 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating the Regulation on inventory of emissions of pollutants to the atmospheric air.
LEX-FAOC168327
National
Norma NA-AI-002-03 sobre control de las emisiones de contaminantes atmosféricos provenientes de fuentes fijas.
LEX-FAOC149097
National 2003
Acuerdo Gubernativo Nº 66-2012: Declara de interés nacional la adquisición de fertilizantes.
LEX-FAOC146128
National Agriculture 03/04/2012
Decreto Supremo Nº 27.971 - Incentiva el uso de fertilizantes y promueve las tecnologías de riego en la producción agrícola nacional.
LEX-FAOC033515
National Agriculture 11/01/2005
Regulation on procedures for the measurement of emissions from stationary sources.
LEX-FAOC047284
National 01/08/2013

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