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.

261 datasets found

  • 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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    • protected-sites
    • air-navigation-obstacle
    • air-navigation
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Forest mix rate NFI

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

    Information on the degree of forest mix rate NFI is modelled using remote sensing methods. Based on the freely available Copernicus (ESA) Sentinel-1 and -2 satellite data (image...

    Last updated: October 31, 2023

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • official-geodata
    • fise-forest-information-system-for-europe
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • deciduous-forest
    • mixed-woodland
    • wood
    • forest-resource
    • coniferous-forest
    • 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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    • 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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    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
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    • 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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    • official-geodata
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • forest-resource
    • wood
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Residual flow map of Switzerland: catchment

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Federal Act of 24 January 1991 on the Protection of Water against Pollution (LPEP) and its provisions on residual flows came into force on November 1, 1992 in Kraft getreten....

    Last updated: January 1, 2004

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    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • official-geodata
  • 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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    • 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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    • SERVICE
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    • 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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    • 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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    • 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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    • 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
  • Altitudinal vegetation belts in Switzerland for 2085 with less 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 less dry future climate. The following altitudinal...

    Last updated: September 16, 2021

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    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • wood
    • forest-ecology
    • forest-resource
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Swiss residual flow maps Return flows

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Federal Act of 24 January 1991 on the Protection of Water against Pollution (LPEP) and its provisions on residual flows came into force on November 1, 1992 in Kraft getreten....

    Last updated: January 1, 2004

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    • environment
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • official-geodata
  • Areas of silver fir

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

    The map shows the areas of silver fir occurrence. In the main area, fir is naturally involved to a considerable extent in the stand development in the upper montane and...

    Last updated: June 3, 2020

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    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • wood
    • forest-resource
    • forest-ecology
    • 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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    • animal-disease
    • protection-of-species
    • fauna
    • fish
    • fishery
    • water
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Base areas (catchment areas) HADES

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The base areas form the lowest layer of the system of catchment areas that describe Switzerland’s hydrographical structure (Hydrological Atlas of Switzerland, HADES). As many...

    Last updated: January 1, 2004

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    • GDB
    • water-geographic
    • atlas
    • hydrology
    • gewiss
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • water
  • 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

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    • 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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    • 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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    • 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