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
Decision No.1189 dated 18.11.2009 on the rules and procedures for the preparation and implementation of the National Plan of Environmental Monitoring.
LEX-FAOC119639
National 18/11/2009
Regulation for Water Pollution Control 1988 (No. 19919 of 1988).
LEX-FAOC050299
National 04/09/1988
Acuerdo Nº 323 - NTE INEN 2 176 sobre técnicas de muestreo para la calidad del agua.
LEX-FAOC017659
National 23/07/1998
Arrêté N° 31384/2012 portant modification de certaines dispositions de l’arrêté n° 35742/2010 du 05 octobre 2010 relatif aux conditions d’octroi de l’agrément vétérinaire et du contrôle sanitaire des établissements se livrant au traitement et à la commercialisation du guano.
LEX-FAOC139365
National Agriculture 07/12/2012
Resuelto Nº 23/ALP - Normas para el registro y manejo seguro de aditivos, fertilizantes y plaguicidas.
LEX-FAOC091678
National Agriculture 22/04/1998
Measures of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region for implementing the Law of the People's Republic of China on Quality and Safety of Agricultural Products.
LEX-FAOC069428
Regional Agriculture 01/12/2011
Regulation No. 1 of 4.03.2015 determining the order and manner of spending the revenues from the sale of emission allowances from aviation activities.
LEX-FAOC069261
National
Decision No. 19/2007/QD-BTNMT promulgating the Regulation on the conditions for and provision of the service of appraising environmental impact assessment reports.
LEX-FAOC004875
National 26/11/2007
Regulation on air pollution caused by heating.
LEX-FAOC024895
National 13/01/2005
Environmental Assessment Regulations, 2003 (N.L.R. 54/03).
LEX-FAOC141755
Regional 23/05/2003

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