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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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Assessment of the Chemical Water Status: Nitrite

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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- environment
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- watercourse
Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Reynoutria sachalinensis

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
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- environment
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Water temperature monitoring stations

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The data set represents the locations of the stations in the water temperature monitoring network of the Hydrology Department of the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN). It...

Last updated: October 1, 2017
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- environment
- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- human-health-and-safety
- 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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- RDF XML
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- wood
- forest-resource
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Precipitation sum April-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 April to August calculated for the period 2070-2099. The precipitation anomalies of the climate scenario were added to...

Last updated: April 1, 2022
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- WMTS
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- forestry
- storm-damage
- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Geochemical soil atlas of Switzerland: Cadmium

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Interpolierte Cadmium-Konzentrationen (mg/kg Feinerde) in den Oberböden (0–20 cm) der Schweiz. Für die Ordinary Kriging Interpolationen (1 km x 1 km) wurden Messdaten von insgesamt...

Last updated: June 30, 2023
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- WMTS
- SERVICE
- HTML
- biochemistry
- atlas
- heavy-metal-load
- toxic-metal
- nutrient-content
- soil
- confederation
- soil-mapping
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- soil-quality
Monthly rainfall erosivity (R-factor) maps of Switzerland in MJ mm ha⁻¹ h⁻¹ month⁻¹, January

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Monthly rainfall erosivity maps (R-factor maps) of Switzerland with a spatial resolution of 100 m. The maps show the spatial and seasonal variability of rainfall erosivity in MJ...

Last updated: February 27, 2020
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- precipitation-enhancement
- erosion-control
- soil-erosion
- erosion
- soil
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- e-geoch
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Echinocystis lobata

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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- environment
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland, with average soil loss in tons/(ha*month), March

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland with a spatial resolution of 100m. The maps show the average soil loss in tons per hectare and month. Shades of green,...

Last updated: June 27, 2019
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- soil-erosion
- erosion-control
- erosion
- soil
- atmospheric-conditions
- human-health-and-safety
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- e-geoch
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
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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- vector
- renaturation
- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- official-geodata
Determination and modelling of the upper timberline for the standard periods 1961–1990 and 1981–2010, and the future period 2070–2099

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

This map shows the natural upper timberline (excluding anthropogenic influences and without considering shrub forest) modelled for the periods 1961–1990, 1981–2010 and 2070–2099....

Last updated: April 1, 2022
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- forestry
- storm-damage
- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Robinia pseudoacacia

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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- WMTS
- HTML
- environment
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Crassula helmsii

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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- WMTS
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- environment
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Crayfish plague – Findings in Switzerland

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

Proof of the crayfish plague in Switzerland: Geo-referenced locations of populations with test results. The most cataclysmic disease for the European species is the crayfish plague...

Last updated: January 12, 2011
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- animal-disease
- protection-of-species
- fauna
- fish
- fishery
- water
- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Windstorm: Gusts at return period 30 years

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The Windstorm Risk Maps show peak wind gusts and their dynamic pressure and the corresponding uncertainties. The maps provide a country-wide basis for the estimation of the...

Last updated: November 7, 2014
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- storm
- wind
- air-movement
- natural-risk
- natural-risk-analysis
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Hydrogeological sketch

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Groundwater is present in all subterranean rock. This map gives a hydrogeological overview of Switzerland and its various types of aquifers. Important unconsolidated aquifers are...

Last updated: December 3, 2009
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- environment
- hydrography
- geology
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Assessment of the Chemical Water Status: Phosphate

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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- API
- environment
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- watercourse
Windstorm: Gusts at return period 50 years

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The Windstorm Risk Maps show peak wind gusts and their dynamic pressure and the corresponding uncertainties. The maps provide a country-wide basis for the estimation of the...

Last updated: November 7, 2014
- SERVICE
- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- API
- natural-risk-analysis
- wind
- storm
- air-movement
- natural-risk
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Cyperus esculentus

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
Numeric data from drought platform

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

This dataset includes all numerical data published on the national drought platform. For all drought-related variables, historical time series are available since 1991 with monthly...

Last updated: November 25, 2024
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- hydrology
- water-geographic
- atmospheric-precipitation
- lake
- agriculture
- flowing-water
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure

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