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
Agriculture Development Strategy (ADS) 2015 to 2035
LEX-FAOC162795
National Agriculture
Canadian Environmental Protection Act 1999 (S.C. 1999, c. 33).
LEX-FAOC146433
National
Decreto Nº 1.449 - Reglamenta parcialmente la Ley Nº 135 de 1961.
LEX-FAOC094556
Regional 27/06/1977
Decreto Nº 38.237/S - Reglamento sobre límites de emisiones al aire para hornos de fundición de vidrio.
LEX-FAOC042136
National Industry 03/02/2014
Ministerial Decree No. 167 validating the Regulation on industrial emissions to the atmospheric air.
LEX-FAOC126248
National Industry 25/01/2012
Décret n° 05/162 du 18 novembre 2005 portant réglementation phytosanitaire en République Démocratique du Congo .
LEX-FAOC100367
National Agriculture 18/11/2005
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan.
LEX-FAOC037656
National 2016
Resolution No. 108-2017-MINAM ─ Guide for the determination of the mixing zone and the evaluation of the impact of a discharge of treated wastewater to a natural body of water.
LEX-FAOC142516
National waste 11/05/2017
Regulation on requirements of surface waters used for human consumption purposes.
LEX-FAOC160963
National 27/11/2002
The Second National Environmental Action Programme.
LEX-FAOC113106
National 14/08/2008

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