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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.

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Geochemical soil atlas of Switzerland: Arsenic

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Interpolierte Arsen-Konzentrationen (mg/kg Feinerde) in den Oberböden (0–20 cm) der Schweiz. Für die Ordinary Kriging Interpolationen (1 km x 1 km) wurden Messdaten von insgesamt...

Last updated: June 30, 2023
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- biogeochemistry
- nutrient-content
- atlas
- soil-chemistry
- interpolation
- heavy-metal-load
- toxic-metal
- soil
- mineral-resources
- confederation
- soil-mapping
- soil-quality
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Monthly rainfall erosivity (R-factor) maps of Switzerland in MJ mm ha⁻¹ h⁻¹ month⁻¹, November

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Monthly rainfall erosivity maps (R-factor maps) of Switzerland with a spatial resolution of 100 m. The maps show the spatial and seasonal variability of rainfall erosivity in MJ...

Last updated: February 27, 2020
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- soil
- erosion
- erosion-control
- precipitation-enhancement
- soil-erosion
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- e-geoch
Map of potential permafrost distribution

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The map shows the potential permafrost distribution in Switzerland based on modelling. In Switzerland, above 2400 metres the ground can be permanently frozen, depending on its...

Last updated: December 31, 2005
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- map-chart
- natural-risk
- permafrost-ecosystem
- natural-risk-zones
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
National Long-Term Surveillance of Swiss Rivers

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The National River Monitoring and Survey Programme (NADUF) tracks the concentrations of substances occurring in selected Swiss watercourses. NADUF, launched in 1972, is a project...

Last updated: December 7, 2022
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- API
- official-geodata
- gewiss
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- water-geographic
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Strahler stream order

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The stream order according to Strahler specifies the degree of branching of a hydrographic network. It forms the basis for morphological studies and descriptions of a watercourse....

Last updated: August 6, 2014
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- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
Cantons NFI

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

According to the geometry of the data set, Switzerland is divided into cantons. Basel Stadt and Basel-Landschaft are considered as a single unit.

Last updated: January 1, 2021
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- RDF XML
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- official-geodata
- forest-resource
- wood
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- bio-geographical-regions
- species-distribution
- habitats-and-biotopes
- national
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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- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- forest-resource
- wood
- forest-ecology
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Distribution of ibex colonies

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

After being resettled in 1906, Alpine (Capra) ibex live in colonies of varying sizes throughout the Alpine region and in the Jura mountains. Because the growth of stocks in...

Last updated: March 31, 2021
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- API
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- e-geoch
- official-geodata
- environment
- game-animals
- wild-animal
- species-distribution
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Swiss National Park

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Switzerland’s National Park was created in 1909 through private initiatives. When the Confederation took over, it was officially created on 1 August 1914. The park was expanded...

Last updated: January 17, 2001
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- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- e-geoch
- environment
- landscape
- protected-sites
- 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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- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- forest-ecology
- forest-resource
- wood
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Nighttime railway noise exposure

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The map shows the nighttime railway noise to which the population is exposed. The noise calculation is based on emission data for 2021 as reported in the railway noise register as...

Last updated: December 31, 2021
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- HTML
- e-geoch
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- noise-level
- noise-immission
- noise-abatement
- noise-effect
- noise-pollutant
- noise
- traffic-noise
- human-health-and-safety
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Seismic zones according to the SIA 261 standard

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Map of seismic zones from the SIA 261 Standard “Actions on Structures” (2020). A design value is specified for the horizontal ground acceleration agd (in m/s2). This design value...

Last updated: March 30, 2011
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- natural-risk
- hazard-area
- earthquake
- natural-risk-zones
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- hazard-map
Federal Inventory of Dry Grasslands of National Importance (DGS)

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Dry grasslands are habitats with a wide variety of species that are marked by agricultural use. In accordance with the Federal Act on Protecting Nature and Cultural Heritage, the...

Last updated: December 1, 2025
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- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- official-geodata
- biotope
- arid-land
- inventory
- protected-sites
- habitats-and-biotopes
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Daytime railway noise exposure

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The map shows the daytime railway noise to which the population is exposed. The noise calculation is based on emission data for 2021 as reported in the railway noise register as...

Last updated: December 31, 2021
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- HTML
- e-geoch
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- traffic-noise
- noise-level
- noise-immission
- noise-pollutant
- noise-effect
- noise-abatement
- noise
- human-health-and-safety
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Federal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Sites of National Importance - Stationary Objects

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

There are currently 19 different amphibian species that live in Switzerland, and nearly all of them are included in the Red List of Threatened Species. The areas that contain...

Last updated: December 1, 2025
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- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- environment
- habitats-and-biotopes
- protected-sites
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Daytime road traffic noise exposure

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The map shows the daytime road traffic noise to which the population is exposed. The data is based on area-wide model calculations (sonBASE). The Swiss road network included in...

Last updated: December 31, 2021
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- HTML
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- official-geodata
- e-geoch
- noise-pollutant
- noise-immission
- traffic-noise
- noise-effect
- noise
- noise-abatement
- noise-level
- human-health-and-safety
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Swiss Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (SwissPRTR)

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

SwissPRTR is the publicly accessible Swiss Pollutant Release and Transfer Register. It provides information about releases of pollutants and transfers of wastes from facilities and...

Last updated: July 9, 2025
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- e-geoch
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- waste-disposal
- waste-recycling
- source-of-pollution
- emission-source
- special-waste
- pollutant
- chemical
- production-and-industrial-facilities
- human-health-and-safety
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
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
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- pollutant
- air
- air-pollutant
- atmospheric-conditions
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- official-geodata
- e-geoch
Protection forest regions NFI

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

According to the geometry of the data set, Switzerland is divided into six areas. They represent different forest growth and protective forest conditions.

Last updated: November 16, 2020
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- RDF XML
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- wood
- forest-resource
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Perimeters of existing spectral micro-zoning studies

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Perimeters for which a spectral seismic micro-zonation study is available with links to further information. The amplification of seismic waves through the local geology is modeled...

Last updated: June 9, 2023
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- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
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- natural-risk-zones
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