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.

33 datasets found

  • Cantons 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 cantons. Basel Stadt and Basel-Landschaft are considered as a single unit.

    Last updated: January 1, 2021

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    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
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    • forest-resource
    • wood
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    • bio-geographical-regions
    • species-distribution
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • national
  • Floodplains outside of the federal inventary

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Of all the floodplains mapped throughout Switzerland, the objects which have not been included in the federal inventory have been compiled in this dataset. A distinction has been...

    Last updated: November 1, 2017

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  • National Ecological Network REN, extensive agricultural area

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The National Ecological Network (REN) was developed in close collaboration with cantonal authorities for the protection of nature and landscapes. It issues a technical/sciencific...

    Last updated: February 14, 2011

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  • Wildlife network system

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    First, known wildlife corridors were recorded from existing data at the cantonal level, and potential corridors were detected by GIS and then divided into wildlife corridors of...

    Last updated: February 19, 2013

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    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Federal Inventory of Dry Grasslands of National Importance - Addendum 2

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Dry grasslands are habitats with a wide variety of species that are marked by agricultural use. In accordance with the Federal Act on Protecting Nature and Cultural Heritage, the...

    Last updated: December 1, 2025

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    • arid-land
    • protected-sites
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    • federal-inventory
    • biodiversity
  • Emerald sites

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Emerald Network is a Europeanwide network that seeks to protect endangered animal and plant species and natural habitats listed in the Bern Convention. To obtain Emerald...

    Last updated: September 17, 2009

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  • National Ecological Network (REN), forest area

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The National Ecological Network (REN) was developed in close collaboration with cantonal authorities for the protec-tion of nature and landscapes. It issues a technical/sciencific...

    Last updated: February 14, 2011

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  • Federal Inventory of Dry Grasslands of National Importance (DGS)

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Dry grasslands are habitats with a wide variety of species that are marked by agricultural use. In accordance with the Federal Act on Protecting Nature and Cultural Heritage, the...

    Last updated: December 1, 2025

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    • inventory
    • protected-sites
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Grayling population of national importance: larva habitats

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The data on grayling populations of national importance includes four subproducts; the larva habitats layer includes the areas in which larva were monitored. The core data come...

    Last updated: August 29, 2011

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  • Federal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Sites of National Importance - Stationary Objects

    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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  • Grayling population of national importance: core areas

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The data on grayling populations of national importance includes three subproducts; the core zones layer includes the areas of particular importance for grayling populations, based...

    Last updated: August 29, 2011

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  • 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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  • National Ecological Network (REN), dry habitat

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The National Ecological Network (REN) was developed in close collaboration with cantonal authorities for the protec-tion of nature and landscapes. It issues a technical/sciencific...

    Last updated: February 14, 2011

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  • Federal Inventory of Hunting Ban Reserves

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Federal hunting bans have existed since 1875 and served the purpose of raising the populations of chamois, red deer and roe deer as well as ibex (cloven-hoofed game), which had...

    Last updated: June 15, 2023

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  • Federal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Sites of National Importance - Shifting Sites

    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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    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • protected-sites
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Federal Inventory of Reserves for Waterbirds and Migratory Birds of international and national importance

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Switzerland is especially important as a wintering and resting site for various migratory waterbirds. As a result, in 1974 the Federal Council signed a convention on watercourses...

    Last updated: July 1, 2023

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    • migratory-bird
    • environment
    • waterfowl
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • protected-sites
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • National Ecological Network REN, watercourses / lakes

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The National Ecological Network (REN) was developed in close collaboration with cantonal authorities for the protec-tion of nature and landscapes. It issues a technical/sciencific...

    Last updated: February 14, 2011

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  • Tranquillity Areas

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Based on the "Tranquillity Map of the Swiss Plateau" and its calculated "tranquillity" values, certain recreational areas were derived. For this purpose, areas that did not fall...

    Last updated: February 10, 2022

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    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • protected-sites
    • leisure-centre
    • space-provided-for-waters
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • tranquility
  • Interregional wildlife corridor

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    First, known wildlife corridors were recorded from existing data at the cantonal level, and potential corridors were detected by GIS and then divided into wildlife corridors of...

    Last updated: February 1, 2025

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    • 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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