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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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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
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- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- environment
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
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
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- WMTS
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- 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
Grayling population of national importance: distribution area

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The data on grayling populations of national im-portance includes four subproducts; the distribution area layer includes the sections of watercourses with 20 major grayling...

Last updated: September 5, 2011
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- WMTS
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- environment
- habitats-and-biotopes
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
UNESCO World natural heritage

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (World Heritage Convention, SR 0.451.41) was signed at the UNESCO General Conference in 1972....

Last updated: January 1, 2021
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- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- official-geodata
- natural-heritage
- habitats-and-biotopes
- protected-sites
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Geochemical soil atlas of Switzerland: Molybdenum

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Interpolierte Element-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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- WMS
- WMTS
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- soil
- soil
- biogeochemistry
- atlas
- interpolation
- confederation
- soil-mapping
- soil-properties
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Relief shading of vegetation height model Sentinel NFI

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

Information on 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
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- fise-forest-information-system-for-europe
- forest-resource
- wood
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Air pollution by particulate matter PM2.5

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

"Particulate matter" (PM2.5) refers to particles less than 2.5 micrometres in diameter. These particles are formed during industrial and commercial production processes, combustion...

Last updated: January 1, 2025
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- air-pollutant
- air
- pollutant
- atmospheric-conditions
- human-health-and-safety
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- e-geoch
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
Aquaprotect” areas of flooding: 100-year recurrence period

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The areas of flooding included in “Aquaprotect” take the form of a rough overview (prepared with the aid of basic methods) of areas of Switzerland that are susceptible to damage...

Last updated: December 18, 2008
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- HTML
- natural-hazard
- natural-risk
- natural-risk-analysis
- natural-risk-zones
- 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
Amphibians appendix 3

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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- HTML
- API
- environment
- habitats-and-biotopes
- protected-sites
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Ramsar sites in Switzerland

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

To protect wetlands, particularly because they are habitats for waterbirds and migratory birds, an international convention was signed in 1971 in Ramsar, Iran. Switzerland ratified...

Last updated: February 2, 2005
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- WMTS
- API
- SERVICE
- e-geoch-geoportal
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- official-geodata
- environment
- protected-sites
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Federal Inventory of Floodplains of National Importance

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Floodplains, namely natural habitats in the flood zones of watercourses, are in decline. The scientific inventory of floodplains was commissioned by the FDHA in May 1981 and...

Last updated: November 1, 2017
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- API
- e-geoch
- official-geodata
- biodiversity
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- environment
- protected-sites
- habitats-and-biotopes
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Database of wastewater treatment plants (ARA-DB) - cleaning type

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
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- WMTS
- HTML
- API
- gewiss
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- water
Map of seismic subsoil categories according to the standard SIA 261

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The site class is a required indication to determine the seismic action for a structure according to the building code SIA 261. The maps of site classes are indicative maps and are...

Last updated: August 13, 2025
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- WMS
- HTML
- API
- microzonation
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- earthquake
- natural-risk-zones
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Air pollution by Ozone

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Ground-level ozone has negative impacts on human health and vegetation. High levels in particular lead to irritation of the respiratory tract and lung tissue. In plants, high ozone...

Last updated: January 1, 2025
- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- SERVICE
- air-pollutant
- air
- 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 Impatiens glandulifera

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
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

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