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
Law amending Law “On protection belts”.
LEX-FAOC054128
National 18/03/2008
Plan d’Action du Gouvernement pour la Mise en œuvre du Programme du Président de la République.
LEX-FAOC145758
National Agriculture 2012
Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (2009 Asp 12).
LEX-FAOC121017
Regional 04/08/2009
Decreto Nº 27.041/MAG/MEIC - Reglamento técnico RTCR 176/1991: Toma de muestras de agroquímnicos.
LEX-FAOC166657
National Agriculture 05/01/1998
National Environmental (Protection and Quality) Regulations (No. 1 of 2008).
LEX-FAOC116621
National Waste 14/01/2008
Resolución Conjunta - Dispensa temporal a transportistas para el transporte de abonos minerales o químicos.
LEX-FAOC085010
National Agriculture 20/06/2012
Decree Discharge Open Cultivation and Livestock Breeding.
LEX-FAOC169870
National waste
Nepal National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2014-2020.
LEX-FAOC036604
National 2014-07
Walloon Government Decree laying down sectoral water conditions for the fish industry.
LEX-FAOC054091
Regional Agriculture 16/01/2003
Regulation on the principles of organic farming and their implementation.
LEX-FAOC110867
National Agriculture 18/08/2010

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