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
Law No. 6/2015 - Agrarian Law of Extremadura.
LEX-FAOC127188
Regional Agriculture 24/03/2015
Regulation respecting environmental impact assessment and review (R.Q. c. Q-2, r.23).
LEX-FAOC146435
Regional
National Environmental (Ambient Air Quality) Regulations, 1994.
LEX-FAOC022342
National 05/10/1994
Decreto Nº 239 - Reglamenta la protección de datos sobre seguridad y/o eficacia dentro del procedimiento de registro y autorización de comercialización de productos químicos de uso agrícola.
LEX-FAOC110004
National Agriculture 30/08/2012
Environmental Protection and Management (Vehicular Emissions) Regulations (No. S 291/1999).
LEX-FAOC090180
National Transport
Resolution No. 181-2009-PRODUCE ─ Guide for the update of the Environmental Management Plan for the owners of the fishing industrial establishments.
LEX-FAOC072449
National 24/04/2009
Délibération du congrès n° 335 du 11 août 1992 relative aux produits phytosanitaires à usage agricole.
LEX-FAOC060472
Regional Agriculture 11/08/1992
Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004 (Republic Act No. 9275).
LEX-FAOC113400
National 22/03/2004
Resolution No 408 of 2013 of Georgian Government on Calculating Threshold Limit Values of Emission of Harmful Substances into the Ambient Air
LEX-FAOC024696
National 31/12/2013
Loi N° 39-12 relative à la production biologique des produits agricoles et aquatiques.
LEX-FAOC024226
National Agriculture 16/01/2013

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