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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ley de prevención y gestión integral de residuos para el Estado de Baja California. |
LEX-FAOC096224 |
Regional | Waste | 12/09/2007 |
| Order of the Walloon Government establishing a catalog of waste. |
LEX-FAOC128608 |
Regional | waste | |
| Clean Air Act. |
LEX-FAOC146838 |
National | 18/12/2003 | |
| Emission Ordinance. |
LEX-FAOC160007 |
National | waste | |
| Regulation on procedures for the measurement of emissions from stationary sources. |
LEX-FAOC047284 |
National | 01/08/2013 | |
| Law No. 4 of 1994 on Environment. |
LEX-FAOC018380 |
National | 03/02/1994 | |
| Order No. 210 of the Ministry of Natural resources and Environmental Protection validating the Regulation on the method of calculation of emission of pollutants to the atmosphere in the course of uncontrolled burning of oil and oil products. |
LEX-FAOC068547 |
National | energy | 26/07/1999 |
| Regulation on maximum allowable concentration of pollutants in the atmospheric air in the area of growing of forest forming species. |
LEX-FAOC033613 |
National | 10/05/1995 | |
| Decreto Nº 28.429/MAG/MEIC - Reglamento técnico RTCR 316/1999: Registro de fertilizantes, material técnico y sustancias afines. |
LEX-FAOC095713 |
National | Agriculture | 20/01/2000 |
| Ethiopia’s Climate Resilient Green Economy - Climate Resilience Strategy Agriculture and Forestry 2011-2025. |
LEX-FAOC149712 |
National | 2011 |