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
Royal Decree No. 1,431 / 1992 - Plan for the Regulation of Natural Resources of the Maritime Terrestrial National Park of the Cabrera Archipelago.
LEX-FAOC007936
National 27/11/1992
Ley Nº 81 - Ley del Medio Ambiente.
LEX-FAOC099133
National Agriculture 11/07/1997
Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration.
LEX-FAOC168232
National 12/12/2006
Resolución Nº 452 - Manual de Procedimientos para el muestreo, la cadena de custodia, los métodos de análisis, las especificaciones y las directrices en materia de análisis para el control de calidad de fertilizantes.
LEX-FAOC121165
National Agriculture 16/08/2016
Resolución Nº 14 - Modifica la Resolución Nº 22, que compila y modifica la reglamentación sobre las actividades, montos y condiciones de operación del Incentivo a la Capitalización Rural (ICR).
LEX-FAOC003690
National Agriculture 13/12/2012
Water Supply and Waterworks Installations Act.
LEX-FAOC124611
National
Estrategia Nacional de Biodiversidad y su Plan de Acción Nicaragua 2015-2020.
LEX-FAOC061586
National Agriculture 2015
Ley de acción de cambio climático en el Estado de Quintana Roo.
LEX-FAOC130692
Regional Agriculture 15/03/2012
Regulation on the list of gases and the method of preparation of the inventory of greenhouse gases and the exchange of information.
LEX-FAOC079395
National 08/09/2014
Order No 2-152 of 2006 of Minister of Agriculture of Georgia on Rules for Importing Pesticide and Agro-chemical Samples, Sample Drugs and Analytic Standards
LEX-FAOC038503
National Agriculture 07/08/2006

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