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
Fertilizers, Sampling and Analysis Ordinance.
LEX-FAOC027783
National Agriculture
Loi nº 2008-005 portant loi-cadre sur l'environnement.
LEX-FAOC149101
National 30/05/2008
Order No. 204 of the Federal Ecological, Technological and Nuclear Supervision Service regarding the calculation of environmental fees for the release of substances that have a negative impact on the environment.
LEX-FAOC013941
National
Law No. 18 of 2004 regulating the trade and handling of vaccines, feed, fertilizers and pesticides.
LEX-FAOC164177
National Agriculture 06/06/2004
Order MAM / 85/2008 - Technical criteria for assessing damages to the public hydraulic domain.
LEX-FAOC060679
National 16/01/2008
Waste Resource Management Regulations (P.E.I. Reg. EC691/00).
LEX-FAOC166959
Regional Waste
NMX-AA-079-1986: Método para la determinación de nitrógeno de nitratos en agua mediante la brucina.
LEX-FAOC123511
National 14/04/1986
Order No. 96 on subsidies for buffer zones along rivers and lakes.
LEX-FAOC028687
National Agriculture 28/01/2010
Decree No. 273 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating Environmental Monitoring Program for the period of 2016-2020.
LEX-FAOC100437
National 23/08/2016
Ley Nº 836 - Código Sanitario.
LEX-FAOC149045
National 15/12/1980

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