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
Government Decision on the use of sewage sludge in agriculture (No. 282 of 1994).
LEX-FAOC087596
National Agriculture, Waste 14/04/1994
Self-Monitoring Waste Water Facilities Ordinance.
LEX-FAOC033246
Regional waste
Ordinance on the cases for which permit or registration is required for import, export and transit of waste, establishment of bank guarantee and on the control of transboundary movement of waste.
LEX-FAOC046541
National waste
Decreto Nº 3.097/2000 - Reglamentación de la Ley Nº 7.070, Ley de Protección del Medio Ambiente.
LEX-FAOC053570
National Industry 29/11/2000
Regulation on the protection measures, methods for determining and maintaining of zones and borders of sanitary protection areas.
LEX-FAOC154451
National 14/11/2002
Agriculture (Fertilisers and Feed) Act (Cap. 226).
LEX-FAOC084368
National Agriculture
Sydney Water Act 1994.
LEX-FAOC163777
Local
Abatement of Nuisances Regulations (Air Quality), 1992
LEX-FAOC100546
National
Resolution No. 10 of 2006 on the emission of air pollutants.
LEX-FAOC105134
National 21/11/2006
Air Pollution Control Act.
LEX-FAOC075178
Regional

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