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.

3 datasets found

  • Database of total bedload (federal government)

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    A bedload transport database for surface waters throughout Switzerland. Following the devastating events of the summer of 1987, which caused major damage in many regions of...

    Last updated: January 1, 2009

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • GDB
    • water-geographic
    • water
    • gewiss
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Base areas (catchment areas) HADES

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The base areas form the lowest layer of the system of catchment areas that describe Switzerland’s hydrographical structure (Hydrological Atlas of Switzerland, HADES). As many...

    Last updated: January 1, 2004

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • GDB
    • water-geographic
    • atlas
    • hydrology
    • gewiss
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • water
  • Amphibian migration conflicting with traffic

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Since the mid-1950s, the number of amphibians being killed on roads has increased dramatically. Every year, hundreds of thousands of amphibians cross roads in Switzerland during...

    Last updated: September 2, 2024

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • GDB
    • SHP
    • HTML
    • ZIP
    • API
    • transport
    • environment
    • amphibian
    • crossing-place-for-animals
    • transport-networks
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure