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
Waste Disposal Site Ordinance 2008.
LEX-FAOC111128
National waste
Stratégie nationale et plan d’actions sur la diversité biologique SNPA-DB 2014, (2ème édition).
LEX-FAOC108531
National Agriculture 2014
Resolución Nº 895/88 - Manual de procedimientos para el registro de fertilizantes y plaguicidas agrícolas.
LEX-FAOC140481
National Agriculture 11/10/1988
Royal Decree determining the sectoral conditions for discharge of wastewater from the gelatin industry into ordinary surface waters and public sewers.
LEX-FAOC153177
National waste 02/10/1985
Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-182-SSA1-2010: Etiquetado de nutrientes vegetales.
LEX-FAOC130212
National Agriculture 06/01/2011
Decree-Law No. 8/2004 ruling on water quality and classification.
LEX-FAOC144243
National 23/02/2004
Water and Sewerage Act (Chapter 54:40).
LEX-FAOC075170
National Waste
Regulations of Shandong Province on protection of lakes
LEX-FAOC074834
Regional 27/09/2012
Environmental Quality (Prescribed Activities) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Order 1987.
LEX-FAOC167581
National 30/09/1987
Regulation on tracking of greenhouse gas emissions.
LEX-FAOC005810
National 17/05/2014

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