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
National Environmental Management Act: Declaration of a small boiler as a controlled emitter and estblishment of emission standard (GN No. 831 of 2013).
LEX-FAOC023639
National 01/11/2013
Governmental Decree No. 123 of 1997 (VII. 18.) Korm. on the protection of freshwater stocks and water works for drinking water distribution.
LEX-FAOC145759
National
Clean Air Act.
LEX-FAOC129522
National
Nairobi City County Urban Agriculture Promotion and Regulation Act, 2015 (No. 4 of 2015).
LEX-FAOC067507
Local Agriculture 12/08/2015
Ministerial Decree No. 2119 amending Ministerial Decree No. 541 validating the Regulation on safety of fruits, vegetables, root crops and products of processing thereof.
LEX-FAOC098823
National Agriculture 15/12/2009
Air Quality (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (S.S.I No. 97 of 2000).
LEX-FAOC084543
Regional 31/03/2000
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act ([SBC 2007] Chapter 42).
LEX-FAOC108682
Regional
Law on Water.
LEX-FAOC064138
Regional Agriculture
Ministerial Instructions No. 0745/MONRE on Pollution Control.
LEX-FAOC050777
National 11/02/2015
Regulation on the registration in the Register of fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC164535
National Agriculture 25/05/2007

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