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11 datasets found

  • Modelled altitudinal vegetation belts for 2085 with dry future climate

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment

    This map shows the altitudinal vegetation belts of forest vegetation in Switzerland for the period 2070-2099 assuming a dry future climate. The following altitudinal vegetation...

    Last updated: September 16, 2021

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • forest-resource
    • wood
    • forest-ecology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Modelled altitudinal vegetation belts for 1975

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment

    This map shows the altitudinal belts of forest vegetation in Switzerland for the period 1961-1990. The following altitudinal vegetation belts only occur in the southern valleys:...

    Last updated: September 9, 2021

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • forest-ecology
    • forest-resource
    • wood
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Altitudinal vegetation belts in Switzerland for 2085 with less dry future climate

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment

    This map shows the altitudinal vegetation belts of forest vegetation in Switzerland for the period 2070-2099 assuming a less dry future climate. The following altitudinal...

    Last updated: September 16, 2021

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • wood
    • forest-ecology
    • forest-resource
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Areas of silver fir

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the areas of silver fir occurrence. In the main area, fir is naturally involved to a considerable extent in the stand development in the upper montane and...

    Last updated: June 3, 2020

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • wood
    • forest-resource
    • forest-ecology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Forest fire prevention measures of the cantons

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment

    Contains the forest fire prevention measures currently in force in the cantons.

    Last updated: November 17, 2022

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    • natural-risk
    • prevention-of-forest-fires
    • forest-fire
    • wood
    • land-use
    • fise-forest-information-system-for-europe
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Warning Forest Fire Danger

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment

    The FOEN's forest fire danger warning contains the general daily forest fire danger based on meteorological data and the resulting forest fire indices.

    Last updated: November 17, 2022

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    • forest-fire
    • wood
    • prevention-of-forest-fires
    • natural-risk
    • land-use
    • fise-forest-information-system-for-europe
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Water availability for plants

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment

    Too little water is available to the trees more and more often: •The vegetation and soil release water into the atmosphere, even moreso the warmer and drier the air. Plants...

    Last updated: February 6, 2019

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    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • forest-resource
    • forest-ecology
    • wood
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Forest ecoregions

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the Forest Ecoregions. They differ in terms of climatic factors, forest vegetation and altitudinal vegetation belts. The southernmost tip of Ticino is considered to...

    Last updated: June 3, 2020

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • wood
    • forest-resource
    • forest-ecology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Water availability in the soil (site water balance)

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment

    The trees often have less water available during the vegetation period. •The water supply during the vegetation period is decisive for the growth and vitality of the forests. The...

    Last updated: February 6, 2019

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • forest-ecology
    • wood
    • forest-resource
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • DokuTool Zukunftsbaumarten

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment

    Von Forstpraktikern und Wissenschaftlern erfasste und dokumentierte Vorkommen von Baumarten, von denen Erkenntnisse zur Entwicklung und Zukunftsträchtigkeit vor dem Hintergrund des...

    Last updated: November 24, 2024

    • WMS
    • SERVICE
    • GPKG
    • earth-observation
    • wood
    • environment
    • protection-forest
    • wms
  • NaiS-Weiserflächen und Beobachtungspunkte SuisseNaiS

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment

    Weiserflächen sind gemäss kantonalen Konzepten angelegte Untersuchungsflächen im Schutzwald. Sie sind ein Instrument der Erfolgskontrolle gemäss der BAFU-Vollzugshilfe...

    Last updated: November 24, 2024

    • WMS
    • SERVICE
    • GPKG
    • environment
    • wood
    • earth-observation
    • protection-forest
    • wms