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
Decision of special designated presidential representatives in the national committee on support programs for market regulations on all imported chemical fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC090976
National Agriculture 17/09/1997
Marine Water Quality Regulations.
LEX-FAOC170208
Regional 06/08/1991
Decreto Nº 8.826/12 – Crea la Empresa de Propiedad Social AGROPATRIA, S.A.
LEX-FAOC097546
National Agriculture 06/03/2012
Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations Listing Notice 1 of 2014 (No. R. 983 of 2014).
LEX-FAOC114554
National 04/12/2014
Reglamento de la Ley general del equilibrio ecológico y la protección al ambiente en materia de registro de emisiones y transferencia de contaminantes.
LEX-FAOC169462
National 02/06/2004
Decision No. 72/2004/QD-BNN promulgating the Regulation on management of fertilizer production, trading and use.
LEX-FAOC047834
National Agriculture 08/12/2004
Water Law.
LEX-FAOC074538
National 07/05/2010
River Murray Act 2003.
LEX-FAOC162945
Regional
Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations, 2002 (L.N. No. 234 of 2002).
LEX-FAOC080299
National 2002
Decree containing rules relative to greenhouse cultivation and some selected agricultural enterprises.
LEX-FAOC155046
National Agriculture

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