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.

289 datasets found

  • Air pollution by nitrogen dioxide

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The term "nitrogen oxides" (NOx) embraces nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) and nitrogen monoxide (NO). Nitrogen oxides form in the combustion of motor and heating fuels, especially when...

    Last updated: January 1, 2025

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • SERVICE
    • air-pollutant
    • air
    • pollutant
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Reynoutria sachalinensis

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring...

    Last updated: April 2, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Vegetation height model Lidar NFI

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

    Information on the vegetation height is determined using remote sensing methods with active and passive sensors. LiDAR is an active sensor. An optical sensor, for example an aerial...

    Last updated: October 31, 2024

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • fise-forest-information-system-for-europe
    • wood
    • forest-resource
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Database of wastewater treatment plants (ARA-DB) - percentage waste water in the receiving watercourses at low water

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment

    Since the 1980s, the FOEN (formerly the Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape) has kept a database with information about the central ARA. The underlying original...

    Last updated: January 1, 2014

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • HTML
    • gewiss
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • water
  • Extreme Point Precipitation

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The maps on extreme point precipitation describe the precipitation depths for rare heavy precipitation events under current climatic conditions. The analyses can be presented for...

    Last updated: January 1, 2022

    • SERVICE
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • confederation
  • Plate 8.7 Vulnerability of Groundwater Ressources

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The term «vulnerability» refers to the sensitivity of a system in relation to a harmful external influence. In the case of groundwater, vulnerability is defined as the exposure to...

    Last updated: January 1, 2007

    • PDF
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • confederation
  • Database of wasterwater treatment plants (ARA-DB) - capacity (PE)

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment

    Since the 1980s, the FOEN (formerly the Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape) has kept a database with information about the central ARA. The underlying original...

    Last updated: January 1, 2014

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • API
    • gewiss
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • water
  • Mean Precipitation throughout the Alps 1971–2008

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The present maps show the distribution of long-term mean precipitation in the Alpine region 1971–2008 for a a calendar year, the twelve calendar months, as well as the four...

    Last updated: January 1, 2018

    • SERVICE
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • confederation
  • Mean Annual Evaporation 1973–1992

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The present evaporation map was first published in the Hydrological Atlas of Switzerland in 1999. For the digital version of the atlas, these values will initially be used, since...

    Last updated: January 1, 1999

    • SERVICE
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • confederation