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
Plan Nacional de Cambio Climático y Gestión de Riesgos Agroclimáticos para el Sector Agropecuario, Forestal, Pesquero y Acuícola.
LEX-FAOC035705
National Agriculture 2017-03
Plants and Fertilizer Act, 2010 (No. 803).
LEX-FAOC073002
National Agriculture 06/09/2010
Order no. 828 on plant cover and cultivation.
LEX-FAOC063904
National Agriculture 03/07/2015
Ley Nº 822 - Normas relacionadas con los agroquímicos genéricos.
LEX-FAOC172925
National Agriculture 10/07/2003
Decision No. 210/2001 pertaining to the Executive By-Law of the Law of Environment Public Authority.
LEX-FAOC081957
National 22/09/2001
Regulation No. 177 on the discharge of liquid wastes and the criteria for zoning water environments.
LEX-FAOC051835
National Waste 31/03/2005
Regional Decree No. 534 validating the Regulation on regional state nature reserves.
LEX-FAOC115877
Regional 27/05/2011
Law on application of chemicals and crop protection.
LEX-FAOC136756
National Agriculture 1997
Water (Amendment No. 5) Law, 5732-1971.
LEX-FAOC167674
National 29/11/1971
Supreme Decree No. 047-2001-MTC ─ Maximum Permissible Limits of pollutant emissions for motor vehicles that circulate in the road network.
LEX-FAOC137744
National Transport 30/10/2001

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