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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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Protected areas in the civilian air navigation obstacles publication - Floodplains

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Transport

Under Art. 19 of the Off-Airport Landing Ordinance (AuLaV; SR 748.132.3), protected areas comprise national parks, raised and transition bogs, water and migratory bird reserves,...

Last updated: November 1, 2017
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- WMTS
- HTML
- API
- protected-sites
- air-navigation-obstacle
- air-navigation
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Windstorm

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The Windstorm Risk Maps show peak wind gusts and their dynamic pressure and the corresponding uncertainties. The maps provide a country-wide basis for the estimation of the...

Last updated: November 7, 2014
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- natural-risk-analysis
- natural-risk
- air-movement
- storm
- wind
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Ludwigia peploides

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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- environment
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Protected areas in the civilian air navigation obstacles publication - Hunting Ban Reserves

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Transport

Under Art. 19 of the Off-Airport Landing Ordinance (AuLaV; SR 748.132.3), protected areas comprise national parks, raised and transition bogs, water and migratory bird reserves,...

Last updated: July 1, 2023
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- WMTS
- HTML
- API
- protected-sites
- air-navigation-obstacle
- air-navigation
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Solidago canadensis

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
Water temperature monitoring stations

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The data set represents the locations of the stations in the water temperature monitoring network of the Hydrology Department of the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN). It...

Last updated: October 1, 2017
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- WMTS
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- API
- environment
- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- human-health-and-safety
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Production 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 five areas, namely Jura, Central Plateau, Pre-Alps, Alps, and the southern side of the Alps. They represent...

Last updated: November 16, 2020
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- WMS
- API
- RDF XML
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- forest-resource
- wood
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Percentage of stocking along rivers

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Vegetation performs important functions. It provides shade for rivers, thus reducing peak water temperatures. In the context of global warming, this is increasingly important....

Last updated: October 7, 2022
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- WMTS
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- HTML
- environment
- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- 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
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- WMTS
- API
- SERVICE
- HTML
- environment
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- climate
Federal Inventory of Raised and Transition Bogs of National Importance

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Raised bogs are some of the most susceptible habitats in Switzerland and are in sharp decline. Today, between 10% and 20% of the original stocks still exist. The scientific...

Last updated: December 1, 2025
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- HTML
- API
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- e-geoch
- environment
- protected-sites
- habitats-and-biotopes
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Polygonum polystachyum

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
Nighttime road traffic noise exposure

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The map shows the nighttime 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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- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- e-geoch
- noise-abatement
- noise-pollutant
- noise-level
- noise
- noise-immission
- traffic-noise
- noise-effect
- human-health-and-safety
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Swiss National Park and parks of national importance (Zones)

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The dataset contains the protected area of the ‘Swiss National Park’, which is protected in accordance with the National Park Act of 19 December 1980 (SR454) as well as park...

Last updated: April 30, 2025
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- environment
- protected-sites
- official-geodata
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Crayfish plague – Findings in Switzerland

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

Proof of the crayfish plague in Switzerland: Geo-referenced locations of populations with test results. The most cataclysmic disease for the European species is the crayfish plague...

Last updated: January 12, 2011
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- WMS
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- API
- animal-disease
- protection-of-species
- fauna
- fish
- fishery
- water
- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Diffuse total phosphorus inputs into waters

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Phosphorus inputs into waters represent an undesirable pollution load. A total of some 3,400 tonnes of total phosphorus (dissolved and particulate phosphorus) enter Swiss waters...

Last updated: January 1, 2023
- WMS
- WMTS
- SERVICE
- HTML
- phosphorus
- environment
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- water-geographic
Federal Inventory of Landscapes and Natural Monuments

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Article 5 of the Federal Act of 1 July 1966 on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage (NCHA) orders the Federal Council to compile inventories of sites of national...

Last updated: November 15, 2022
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- WMTS
- HTML
- API
- e-geoch
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- environment
- protected-sites
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland, with average soil loss in tons/(ha*month), August

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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- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- erosion
- erosion-control
- soil
- soil-erosion
- atmospheric-conditions
- human-health-and-safety
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- e-geoch
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
Vegetation height model 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, 2023
- SERVICE
- WMTS
- HTML
- WMS
- API
- fise-forest-information-system-for-europe
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- official-geodata
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- wood
- forest-resource
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
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
Mean daily temperature high in July, period 1961-1990

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

For the area-wide calculation, measured values from MeteoSwiss measuring stations in the period 1961-1990 were used. From the daily temperature curve, the highest temperature is...

Last updated: April 1, 2022
- WMS
- WMTS
- SERVICE
- HTML
- air
- climate
- air
- climate
- atmospheric-conditions
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure

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