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
Resolution No. 50 of 2001 issuing the Implementing Regulation of Law No. 20 of 1998 on seeds and fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC061825
National Agriculture 12/02/2001
Regulation on Measures Regarding a Common National Program to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
LEX-FAOC140204
National 07/11/2015
Circular of the State Council of the People's Republic of China on Deepening System Reform of Fertiliser Circulation.
LEX-FAOC069571
National Agriculture 16/11/1998
Directive No. Z/31 of 2003 defining requirements and conditions for the importation of fertilizers and plant growing regulators.
LEX-FAOC061591
National Agriculture 2003
Resolución Nº 73 - Modifica normas sobre libertad vigilada de precios para los medicamentos veterinarios, productos biológicos de uso pecuario, fertilizantes y plaguicidas de uso agrícola.
LEX-FAOC076698
National Agriculture 20/02/2008
NOM-050-ECOL-1993: Niveles máximos permisibles de emisión provenientes del escape de vehículos automotores que usan gases como combustible.
LEX-FAOC169686
National Transport 18/10/1993
Decree No. 273 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating Environmental Monitoring Program for the period of 2016-2020.
LEX-FAOC100437
National 23/08/2016
Waste Resource Management Regulations (P.E.I. Reg. EC691/00).
LEX-FAOC166959
Regional Waste
Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act (Cap. 63:55).
LEX-FAOC042272
National Agriculture
Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry relative to certain fertilizing products (No. 46 of 1994).
LEX-FAOC050666
National Agriculture 21/01/1994

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