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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Diffuse total nitrogen inputs into waters, modelled values

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Nitrogen inputs into waters represent an undesirable pollution load. Under the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR),...

Last updated: January 1, 2023
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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, 2018
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Assessment of the Chemical Water Status: Nitrate

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Within the National Surface Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NAWA), water quality is recorded jointly by the federal and cantonal authorities at around 100 monitoring stations....

Last updated: March 26, 2014
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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 Mire Landscapes of Particular Beauty and National Significance

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Mire landscapes are essentially semi-natural landscapes shaped by mires that are also home to other noteworthy natural and cultural elements. They are the last remaining habitats...

Last updated: November 1, 2017
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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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Assessment of the Biological Water Status: Fish

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Within the National Surface Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NAWA), water quality is recorded jointly by the federal and cantonal authorities at around 100 monitoring stations....

Last updated: March 26, 2014
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Federal Inventory of Floodplains of National Importance - Appendix 2

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Floodplains, namely natural habitats in the flood zones of watercourses, are in decline. The scientific inventory of floodplains was commissioned by the FDHA in May 1981 and...

Last updated: November 1, 2017
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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: January 1, 2021
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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: June 1, 2017
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Assessment of the Chemical Water Status: Ammonium

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Within the National Surface Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NAWA), water quality is recorded jointly by the federal and cantonal authorities at around 100 monitoring...

Last updated: March 26, 2014
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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: November 1, 2017
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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: November 24, 2023
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Assessment of the Biological Water Status: Diatoms

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Within the National Surface Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NAWA), water quality is recorded jointly by the federal and cantonal authorities at around 100 monitoring stations....

Last updated: March 26, 2014
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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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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: November 1, 2017
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Alpine pastures protected by livestock guardian dogs

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The return of large predators to Switzerland has led to the use of livestock guardian dogs on our alpine pastures. Herd guards are used to protect livestock against larger...

Last updated: October 3, 2024
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Assessment of the Biological Water Status: Macrophytes

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Within the National Surface Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NAWA), water quality is recorded jointly by the federal and cantonal authorities at around 100 monitoring stations....

Last updated: March 26, 2014
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Strahler stream order

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The stream order according to Strahler specifies the degree of branching of a hydrographic network. It forms the basis for morphological studies and descriptions of a watercourse....

Last updated: August 6, 2014
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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
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