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
Ministerial Decree No. 249 on use of agricultural aviation for soil treatment with agrochemicals.
LEX-FAOC152943
National Agriculture
Royal Decree No. 324/2000 - Basic rules for the management of pig farms.
LEX-FAOC124336
National Agriculture 03/03/2000
Environmental Protection and Management (Air Impurities) Regulations (No. S 595/2000).
LEX-FAOC011465
National
Ordinance concerning environmentally hazardous activities and the protection of public health (1998:899).
LEX-FAOC100343
National
Ordinance by the governing Council relating to environment protection legislation.
LEX-FAOC153774
National Energy, Industry
Organic Agriculture Act (No. 823 of 1997).
LEX-FAOC130884
National Agriculture 11/06/1997
Sindh Fertilizer (Control) Act, 1994 (No. XXV of 1994).
LEX-FAOC114667
National Agriculture 04/10/1994
Royal Decree determining the sectoral conditions for the discharge of wastewater from the flax roughage sector into ordinary surface waters and public sewers.
LEX-FAOC069901
National waste 02/08/1986
Resolution No. 030/16 / ANA - Classification of the marine-coastal water body.
LEX-FAOC167620
National 25/01/2016
Publica la Resolución Nº 374-2015 (COMIECO-LXXIV), Reglamento Técnico Centroamericano RTCA 65.05.54:15 sobre Fertilizantes y Enmiendas de Uso Agrícola.
LEX-FAOC077188
National Agriculture 04/12/2015

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