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
Fertilizers Act.
LEX-FAOC170224
National Agriculture 12/06/1998
Regulation on the level of pollutants in the air.
LEX-FAOC167514
National 17/10/2012
Decree No. 7.269 regulating Act No. 8.361 on pollution control.
LEX-FAOC096021
Regional Waste 05/06/1981
Regulation on the parameters of ecological and chemical status of surface waters and the parameters of the chemical and quantitative status of groundwaters.
LEX-FAOC095228
National 23/09/2011
Grand-Ducal Regulation on sewage sludge.
LEX-FAOC079230
National Agriculture 14/04/1990
Notice of the Ministry of Environmental Protection on the relevant issues concerning the implementation of the provisions on “the amount of pollutant discharge fee payable” in Article 73 and Article 74 of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Water Pollution.
LEX-FAOC148284
National 13/06/2008
Resolución Nº 49/01 - Implementación de un sistema de Autorización Previa Importación (APIM) para plaguicidas, fertilizantes, enmiendas o afines.
LEX-FAOC050605
National Agriculture 2001
Announcement No. 61 of 2008 of Ministry of Environmental Protection establishing technical requirement for environmental protection product-aftertreatment devices for diesel vehicle exhaust (HJ 451-2008).
LEX-FAOC147395
National Transport 10/12/2008
Clean Waters Regulations 1972.
LEX-FAOC092897
Regional
Joint Order No. 38/37 establishing the environmental requirements for the location and operation of works for sorting and recycling of domestic waste.
LEX-FAOC103605
National Domestic, Waste 20/12/2004

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