Federal Office for the Environment FOEN

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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NFI: Topics by aspect (9 classes)

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

The National Forest Inventory (NFI) is a periodic survey of condition and development of the Swiss forest. It is produced in close cooperation between the Federal Office for the...

Last updated: October 14, 2024
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- forest
- forestry
- national-forest-inventory
NFI: Topics by diameter at breast height (main diameter classes)

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

The National Forest Inventory (NFI) is a periodic survey of condition and development of the Swiss forest. It is produced in close cooperation between the Federal Office for the...

Last updated: October 14, 2024
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- forest
- forestry
- national-forest-inventory
NFI: Topics by diameter at breast height (in 4 cm classes)

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

The National Forest Inventory (NFI) is a periodic survey of condition and development of the Swiss forest. It is produced in close cooperation between the Federal Office for the...

Last updated: October 14, 2024
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- SPARQL
- forest
- forestry
- national-forest-inventory
NFI: Change

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

The National Forest Inventory (NFI) is a periodic survey of condition and development of the Swiss forest. It is produced in close cooperation between the Federal Office for the...

Last updated: October 14, 2024
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- forest
- forestry
- national-forest-inventory
Forest fire prevention measures

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

Contains the forest fire prevention measures currently in force in the cantons.

Last updated: November 26, 2025
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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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- WMS
- WMTS
- API
- RDF XML
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- official-geodata
- forest-resource
- wood
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- bio-geographical-regions
- species-distribution
- habitats-and-biotopes
- national
Ecomorphology Level F – Drop structures

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

To enable surface waters to be fully protected, their status must be known. The Modular Stepwise Procedure provides the framework for standardized investigation and assessment of...

Last updated: August 8, 2013
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- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- API
- vector
- renaturation
- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- official-geodata
Distribution of ibex colonies

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

After being resettled in 1906, Alpine (Capra) ibex live in colonies of varying sizes throughout the Alpine region and in the Jura mountains. Because the growth of stocks in...

Last updated: March 31, 2021
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- API
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- e-geoch
- official-geodata
- environment
- game-animals
- wild-animal
- species-distribution
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Swiss National Park

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Switzerland’s National Park was created in 1909 through private initiatives. When the Confederation took over, it was officially created on 1 August 1914. The park was expanded...

Last updated: January 17, 2001
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- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- e-geoch
- environment
- landscape
- protected-sites
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Nighttime railway noise exposure

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The map shows the nighttime railway noise to which the population is exposed. The noise calculation is based on emission data for 2021 as reported in the railway noise register as...

Last updated: December 31, 2021
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- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- e-geoch
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- noise-level
- noise-immission
- noise-abatement
- noise-effect
- noise-pollutant
- noise
- traffic-noise
- human-health-and-safety
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
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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- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- official-geodata
- biotope
- arid-land
- inventory
- protected-sites
- habitats-and-biotopes
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Daytime railway noise exposure

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The map shows the daytime railway noise to which the population is exposed. The noise calculation is based on emission data for 2021 as reported in the railway noise register as...

Last updated: December 31, 2021
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- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- e-geoch
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- traffic-noise
- noise-level
- noise-immission
- noise-pollutant
- noise-effect
- noise-abatement
- noise
- human-health-and-safety
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
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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- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- environment
- habitats-and-biotopes
- protected-sites
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Ecomorphology Level F – River reaches

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

To enable watercourses to be fully protected, their status must be known. The Modular Stepwise Procedure provides the framework for standardised investigation and assessment of...

Last updated: August 8, 2013
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- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- official-geodata
Reaches surveyed - cross section securing point

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The map shows the reaches of watercourses which are currently surveyed periodically under the leadership of the FOEN. They are usually surveyed every 10 years or after major floods...

Last updated: March 3, 2025
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- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- API
- natural-hazard
- hazard
- environment
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- official-geodata
Daytime road traffic noise exposure

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

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

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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- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- API
- environment
- protected-sites
- official-geodata
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Protection forest 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 six areas. They represent different forest growth and protective forest conditions.

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

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