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
Décret N°2011-880/PRES/PM/MAH/MEDD/ MEF/MICA/MRSI du 08 novembre 2011 portant composition et fonctionnement de la Commission nationale de contrôle des engrais (CONACE).
LEX-FAOC156043
National Agriculture 08/11/2011
National Horticulture Policy
LEX-FAOC044728
National Agriculture 2012
Law No.10390 dated 3.3.2011 on the use of fertilizers.
LEX-FAOC037498
National Agriculture 03/03/2011
Decree No. 37 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating the Regulation on the modalities of elaboration of technological rates of emissions to the atmospheric air.
LEX-FAOC132276
National 08/06/2009
Regulation on limit values of hazardous and harmful substances in waters which, after purification from the public sewage, are discharged into the natural recipient.
LEX-FAOC172941
National Waste 29/06/2007
Governmental Decree No. 625 validating rates of fees for environmental pollution.
LEX-FAOC107529
National 10/09/2015
Meewasin Valley Authority Act (S.S. 1979, c. M-11.1).
LEX-FAOC012106
Regional
Decreto Legislativo Nº 524 - Ley de sanidad vegetal y animal.
LEX-FAOC146837
National Agriculture 12/12/1995
Resolution No. 055-2005-PRODUCE ─ Presentation of environmental reports of textile, foundry and ceramic manufacturing industrial activities and others whose processes use lead or lead compounds.
LEX-FAOC076109
National Industry 25/02/2005
Arrêté interministériel du 24 avril 2006 fixant la nomenclature des recettes et des dépenses du compte d’affectation spéciale n° 302-067 intitulé Fonds national de développement de l’investissement agricole"."
LEX-FAOC061582
National Agriculture 24/04/2006

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