The federal environmental authority. It is responsible for ensuring that natural resources are used sustainably, that the public is protected against natural hazards, and that the environment is protected from unacceptable adverse impacts.

5 datasets found

  • National Air Pollution Monitoring Network NABEL: stations

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The National Air Pollution Monitoring Network (NABEL) monitors air quality at 16 different locations in Switzerland. The monitoring stations are spread over the entire country and...

    Last updated: January 1, 2021

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • pollutant
    • air
    • air-pollutant
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • e-geoch
  • Federal Inventory of Floodplains of National Importance

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    1987 liess das BUWAL eine detaillierte Vegetationskartierung der Objekte des Vernehmlassungsversion des Aueninventars ausarbeiten. Im Rahmen dieser Kartierungen wurden die...

    Last updated: May 26, 2015

    • WMTS
    • environment
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • protected-sites
    • e-geoch
  • Federal Inventory of Reserves for Waterbirds and Migratory Birds of international and national importance

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Switzerland is especially important as a wintering and resting site for various migratory waterbirds. As a result, in 1974 the Federal Council signed a convention on watercourses...

    Last updated: July 1, 2023

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • API
    • e-geoch
    • official-geodata
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • migratory-bird
    • environment
    • waterfowl
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • protected-sites
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Nitrogen Deposition

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The time series shows the modelled total deposition of nitrogen for the years 1990, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020 in a resolution of 500m as a sum of wet, dry and gaseous...

    Last updated: August 15, 2022

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • air-pollutant
    • air
    • pollutant
    • human-health-and-safety
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
  • Mapping of Floodplains of National Importance

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

    In order to give cantons the option of taking the protection of floodplains of probable national importance into their own hands as quickly as possible, the Swiss Agency for the...

    Last updated: September 17, 2025

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
    • environment
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • protected-sites
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure