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

  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Solidago gigantea

    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
  • Stations hydrological forecasts

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map provides an overview of stations forecasted by FEWS.

    Last updated: January 30, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • ZIP
    • hydrology
    • flowing-water
    • water-geographic
    • 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

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • wood
    • forest-resource
    • forest-ecology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Lonicera henryi

    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
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Abutilon theophrasti

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, 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
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Sedum stoloniferum

    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
  • Estimation of direct CO₂ emissions based on heat demand according to SIA standard 380/1 (2016)

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Swiss building stock is responsible for around a quarter of CO2 emissions. Reductions in this area are key to achieving the climate targets.

    The map "CO2 Emissions...

    Last updated: September 9, 2022

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • climate
  • Assessment of the Chemical Water Status: Nitrate

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Within the National Surface Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NAWA), water quality is recorded jointly by the federal and cantonal authorities at around 100 monitoring stations....

    Last updated: March 26, 2014

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • HTML
    • API
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • watercourse
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Sedum spurium

    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 Sentinel 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Nase spawning grounds 1995 - 2004

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The data includes the coordinates of spawning grounds in Switzerland (around 100 sites) as well as the average number of breeding animals (10-year average). The FOEN conducted a...

    Last updated: February 20, 2006

    • SERVICE
    • WMTS
    • WMS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Geochemical soil atlas of Switzerland: Lead

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Interpolierte Blei-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

    • HTML
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • soil
    • soil
    • heavy-metal-load
    • toxic-metal
    • toxic-metal
    • atlas
    • atlas
    • biogeochemistry
    • biogeochemistry
    • interpolation
    • interpolation
    • confederation
    • soil-mapping
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • soil-properties
  • Monthly rainfall erosivity (R-factor) maps of Switzerland in MJ mm ha⁻¹ h⁻¹ month⁻¹, February

    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

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • precipitation-enhancement
    • soil-erosion
    • soil
    • erosion-control
    • erosion
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
  • Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland, with average soil loss in tons/(ha*month), July

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland with a spatial resolution of 100m. The maps show the average soil loss in tons per hectare and month. Shades of green,...

    Last updated: June 27, 2019

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • erosion
    • erosion-control
    • soil-erosion
    • soil
    • human-health-and-safety
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
  • Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland, with average soil loss in tons/(ha*month), December

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland with a spatial resolution of 100m. The maps show the average soil loss in tons per hectare and month. Shades of green,...

    Last updated: June 27, 2019

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • soil-erosion
    • erosion-control
    • erosion
    • soil
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
  • Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland, with average soil loss in tons/(ha*month), February

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland with a spatial resolution of 100m. The maps show the average soil loss in tons per hectare and month. Shades of green,...

    Last updated: June 27, 2019

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • erosion-control
    • erosion
    • soil-erosion
    • soil
    • human-health-and-safety
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
  • Monthly rainfall erosivity (R-factor) maps of Switzerland in MJ mm ha⁻¹ h⁻¹ month⁻¹, September

    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

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • soil
    • soil-erosion
    • precipitation-enhancement
    • erosion
    • erosion-control
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
  • Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland, with average soil loss in tons/(ha*month), November

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland with a spatial resolution of 100m. The maps show the average soil loss in tons per hectare and month. Shades of green,...

    Last updated: June 27, 2019

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • soil-erosion
    • erosion
    • soil
    • erosion-control
    • human-health-and-safety
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation