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
Ministerial Decree No. 83 on regular inspection of transport and other mobile means for compliance with technical requirements set for emission of pollutants to the atmospheric air.
LEX-FAOC161767
National Transport
Order No. 191 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food validating the Regulation on the modalities of safety control of crop production.
LEX-FAOC166680
National Agriculture 23/07/1999
Decree establishing details on the assessment of conditions of surface waters and groundwaters, and laying down rules on monitoring, keeping registration of waters and on water balance.
LEX-FAOC016247
National 29/04/2005
Climate Change (Other Removal Activities) Amendment Regulations, 2010.
LEX-FAOC022521
National 23/09/2010
Law on Plant Nutrition Products and Soil Enhancers.
LEX-FAOC002492
National Agriculture 2009
Regulation on the manner and procedure of taking samples for laboratory testing of lettuce or spinach (nitrates).
LEX-FAOC016373
National Agriculture 17/01/2014
Environmental Protection Charges Ordinance.
LEX-FAOC154555
Regional
Decree No. 60 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating the Regulation on information and analysis center on groundwater monitoring.
LEX-FAOC098573
National 11/11/2005
Provincial Law No. 10/1988 - Wastewater Sanitation Law of Navarra.
LEX-FAOC079773
Regional waste 29/12/1988
Acuerdo Nº 2/02 - Reglamento sobre el registro, uso y control de fertilizantes y materias primas.
LEX-FAOC149195
National Agriculture 07/01/2002

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