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 Sustain3, 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
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
Regulation on the principles of good agricultural practice for the application of fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC042012
National Agriculture 03/07/2014
Lower Austria Canalization Law 1977.
LEX-FAOC156886
Regional waste
Regional Law No. 658-OZ “On plenary powers regional state bodies in the sphere of protection of atmospheric air”.
LEX-FAOC025665
Regional
Acuerdo Nº 9/16 - Lista taxativa de bienes o mercancías exentas del pago del IVA.
LEX-FAOC061611
National Agriculture 16/05/2016
National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Regulations, 2016 (Notice 275 of 2017).
LEX-FAOC063991
National 03/04/2017
Decreto Nº 104/93 - Ley General del Medio Ambiente.
LEX-FAOC134048
National 08/06/1993
Regional Legislative Decree No. 3/2014/M establishing the classification of Special Protected Areas (SPAs) of the Autonomous Region of Madeira.
LEX-FAOC151536
Regional 23/01/2014
Standards for Determining Specific Items and Scope of Environmental Impact Assessments for Development Activities.
LEX-FAOC168115
National
Act on buffer zones (ecotones) (No. 894 of 2014).
LEX-FAOC078401
National Agriculture

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