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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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Habitat Map of Switzerland

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The dataset maps Swiss habitats according to the TypoCH classification ('Lebensräume der Schweiz', Delarze et al. 2015) area-wide, to at least the second level of detail of the...

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- HTML
- WMS
- WMTS
- API
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
“Aquaprotect” areas of flooding: 50-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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- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- natural-risk-analysis
- natural-risk
- natural-risk-zones
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
“Aquaprotect” areas of flooding: 250-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
- SERVICE
- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- natural-risk-analysis
- natural-risk
- natural-hazard
- natural-risk-zones
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
River Typology for Switzerland

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The typology of rivers groups the diversity of Swiss rivers according to abiotic, physiographic criteria, not considering anthropogenic impacts. They are a basis for assessment of...

Last updated: January 1, 2013
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- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- API
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- official-geodata
- flowing-water
Precipitation sum June-August, period 2070-2099, Scenario RCP 4.5

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The map shows the precipitation sum (in mm) for the months June to August calculated for the period 2070-2099. The precipitation anomalies of the climate scenario were added to the...

Last updated: April 1, 2022
- WMS
- WMTS
- SERVICE
- HTML
- forestry
- storm-damage
- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Relief shading of vegetation height model 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
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- WMTS
- WMS
- HTML
- API
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- official-geodata
- fise-forest-information-system-for-europe
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- forest-resource
- wood
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Ailanthus altissima

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
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- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- environment
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Buddleja davidii

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
Mapping of Floodplains of National Importance

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

In order to give cantons the option of taking the protection of floodplains of probable national importance into their own hands as quickly as possible, the Swiss Agency for the...

Last updated: September 17, 2025
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- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- API
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- e-geoch
- environment
- habitats-and-biotopes
- protected-sites
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Water availability for plants

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

Too little water is available to the trees more and more often: •The vegetation and soil release water into the atmosphere, even moreso the warmer and drier the air. Plants...

Last updated: February 6, 2019
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- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- forest-resource
- forest-ecology
- wood
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Mean runoff in the future - results from the Hydro-CH2018 project

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The map shows the percentage changes in summer runoff towards the end of the century (2070-2099) compared to the reference period (1981 - 2010) as calculated in the hydrological...

Last updated: February 17, 2021
- HTML
- WMS
- WMTS
- API
- SERVICE
- environment
- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Water status monitoring stations CH

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The data set represents the monitoring stations where the water status is recorded. The cantons are responsible for water protection enforcement, as they are for other...

Last updated: March 1, 2013
- SERVICE
- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- API
- environment
- human-health-and-safety
- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- water
Precipitation sum June-August, period 2070-2099, Scenario RCP 8.5

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The map shows the precipitation sum (in mm) for the months June to August calculated for the period 2070-2099. The precipitation anomalies of the climate scenario were added to the...

Last updated: April 1, 2022
- WMS
- WMTS
- SERVICE
- HTML
- forestry
- storm-damage
- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Helianthus tuberosus

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
Thermal continentality at 1000 m a.s.l. in July, period 1981-2010

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The thermal continentality in °C was calculated as the difference between the highest and lowest value of the daily variation of the temperature of July in the period under...

Last updated: April 1, 2022
- WMS
- WMTS
- SERVICE
- HTML
- forestry
- storm-damage
- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Federal Inventory of Fens of National Importance

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Fens are vestiges of earlier natural and cultural landscapes and are in sharp decline. They are home to highly-adapted symbiotic communities of plants and animals that include a...

Last updated: December 1, 2025
- SERVICE
- WMS
- WMTS
- 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 Sicyos angulatus

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 N.N.

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: October 8, 2015
- SERVICE
- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- environment
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Pro Natura: Nature Preserves

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Pro Natura sichert mit Verträgen über 770 Naturschutzgebiete in der Schweiz mit einer Gesamtfläche von rund 270 km2. Aus unterschiedlichen Gründen dürfen öffentlich nur 763 Gebiete...

Last updated: December 31, 2022
- WMS
- WMTS
- SERVICE
- API
- GPKG
- environment
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Air pollution by particulate matter PM10

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

"Particulate matter" (PM10) refers to particles less than 10 micrometres in diameter. These particles are formed during industrial and commercial production processes, combustion...

Last updated: August 19, 2025
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- WMTS
- HTML
- SERVICE
- air-pollutant
- air
- air
- pollutant
- atmospheric-conditions
- human-health-and-safety
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- e-geoch

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