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. 847 on restricting, suspending, or eliminating emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere.
LEX-FAOC041334
National 28/11/2002
Estrategia Nacional de Biodiversidad 2015-2030.
LEX-FAOC033928
National 2015
Decree containing rules relative to greenhouse cultivation and some selected agricultural enterprises.
LEX-FAOC155046
National Agriculture
Resolución Nº 491 - Aprovechamiento, manejo y conservación de los recursos costeros y marinos en las áreas protegidas.
LEX-FAOC124680
National 08/09/2006
Resolution No. 84/T issuing the implementing directives for the importation, circulation and production of mineral fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC096608
National Agriculture 29/10/2003
Regulation general binding rules for poultry farming with the application form.
LEX-FAOC011326
National Agriculture 19/11/2014
Decision No. 37/2003/QD-TTg on the import of urea fertilizer for circulation reserve.
LEX-FAOC120110
National Agriculture 12/03/2003
Resolución Nº 180.158 - Determina los combustibles limpios de conformidad con la Ley Nº 1.083 de 2006.
LEX-FAOC138179
National Transport 02/02/2007
Regulation on the protection and improvement of waters being habitat for trout and crab species.
LEX-FAOC125659
National 12/01/2014
Joint Decree No. 9 of 2002 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and of the Ministry of Transport and Water Affairs regarding the limit values of used and waste water discharge and their application.
LEX-FAOC090205
National waste 22/03/2002

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