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
Effluent Discharge Permit Regulations 2003.
LEX-FAOC097917
National Waste
Agricultural Operation Practices Act (RSA 2000, c. A-7).
LEX-FAOC129268
Regional Agriculture
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for Barbados 2002 (NBSAP).
LEX-FAOC079452
National 06/2002
Decreto Nº 31.520/MS/MAG/MINAE - Reglamento para las actividades de la aviación agrícola.
LEX-FAOC037493
National Agriculture 16/10/2003
Clean Air Regulations (R.R.S. c. C-12.1 Reg. 1).
LEX-FAOC038775
Regional 01/01/1989
Regional Ministerial Decree No.421 validating Regulation on the modalities of determination and collection of environmental fees.
LEX-FAOC152071
Regional 31/11/1992
Law No. 70 of 1992 Concerning Special Measures for Total Emission Reduction of Nitrogen Oxides from Automobiles in Specified Areas.
LEX-FAOC043333
National Transport 01/01/1992
Maldives Clean Environment Project Environmental and Social Assessment and Management Framework (ESAMF) and Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF)
LEX-FAOC075821
National 11/2016
Document of the Preservation and Environmental Protection Department on the environmental protection standards.
LEX-FAOC008848
National 03/04/1981
National Agricultural Policy
LEX-FAOC083639
National Agriculture 07/2010

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