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
Decree relative to impact assessment (No. 502 of 1999).
LEX-FAOC167909
National 21/05/1999
Waste Water Emission Ordinance – Brewing and Malting Industries.
LEX-FAOC139548
National waste
Loi nº 016/PR/99 portant Code de l'eau.
LEX-FAOC140460
National 18/08/1999
Resolución Nº 28 - Estándares ambientales para las embarcaciones de operación turística en áreas protegidas del Archipiélago de Galápagos.
LEX-FAOC048233
National Transport 17/04/2008
Acuerdo Nº 281 - NTE INEN 224 sobre la determinación de nitrógeno libre de nitratos en fertilizantes (Primera revisión).
LEX-FAOC111711
National Agriculture 16/06/1998
Ministerial Decision No. 32/2015 approving the Internal Regulation of the Technical Advisory Committee on Fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC168025
National Agriculture 04/02/2015
Regional Legislative Decree No. 22/2004/A reclassifying the Regional Natural Park of “Ilhéu de Vila Franca do Campo”.
LEX-FAOC111054
Regional 03/06/2004
Law No. 15 of 2003 on the protection and improvement of the environment.
LEX-FAOC161377
National 13/06/2003
Protocol on the protection of the Mediterranean Sea against pollution from land-based sources and activities.
LEX-FAOC142255
International
Regional Law No. 10-Z “On water”.
LEX-FAOC090255
Regional 07/10/1998

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