The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research is concerned with the use, development and protection of natural and urban spaces. The focus of our research is on solving problems to do with the responsible use of landscapes and forests and a prudent approach to natural hazards, especially those common in mountainous countries. WSL occupies a leading position internationally in these research areas. We also provide groundwork for sustainable environmental policies in Switzerland.

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5 datasets found

  • Land use projections and services for Switzerland

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    Data and scripts of publication:

    Madleina Gerecke, Oskar Hagen, Janine Bolliger, Anna M. Hersperger, Felix Kienast, Bronwyn Price, Loïc Pellissier (2019) Assessing potential...

    Last updated: September 27, 2023

    • ZIP
    • land-use
    • land-use-change
    • landscape-services
    • modeling
    • statistical-model
    • switzerland
    • urbanization
  • High resolution land use forecasts for Switzerland in the 21st century

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    We present forecasts of land-use/land-cover (LULC) change for Switzerland for three time-steps in the 21st century under the representative concentration pathways 4.5 and 8.5, and...

    Last updated: March 27, 2024

    • ZIP
    • land-cover
    • land-use
    • landscape
    • landscape-change
    • machine-learning
    • modelling
  • Multi-resolution CLM5 simulations across Switzerland

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    This dataset contains Community Land Model 5 (CLM5) simulation output over the spatial extent of Switzerland at different resolutions and based on a range of input datasets. It...

    Last updated: July 16, 2024

    • ZIP
    • clm5
    • evapotranspiration
    • forest-productivity
    • high-resolution
    • land-cover
    • land-use
    • oshd
    • snow
    • snow-simulation
  • Starter Kit for the TreeMig framework v1 for easy simulation of spatio-temporal forest dynamics

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    Starter kit for the TreeMig framework that allows for an easy application of the forest landscape model TreeMig for simulating forest dynamics in space under changing environmental...

    Last updated: May 2, 2025

    • ZIP
    • PDF
    • bioclimatic-variables
    • forest
    • forest-dynamics
    • forest-model
    • gui
    • land-use
    • r-package
    • spatial-modelling
    • species-interaction
    • species-migration
    • treemig
  • Case study applications demonstrating the use and potential of the TreeMig framework v1

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    The TreeMig framework allows for an easy application of the forest landscape model TreeMig for simulating forest dynamics in space under changing environmental and land use...

    Last updated: November 13, 2025

    • PDF
    • ZIP
    • SERVICE
    • bioclimatic-variables
    • climate-change
    • example-applications
    • forest
    • forest-dynamics
    • forest-management
    • land-use
    • r-package
    • spatial-modelling
    • species-migration
    • treemig