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.

106 datasets found

  • 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

    • HTML
    • WMS
    • 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

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • 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

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • 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

    • SERVICE
    • WMTS
    • WMS
    • HTML
    • API
    • microzonation
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • earthquake
    • natural-risk-zones
    • 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
  • 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