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.

115 datasets found

  • Current drought situation in Switzerland

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the combined drought index for each region. This index summarises in one value the various factors affecting drought: precipitation, modelled soil moisture and...

    Last updated: November 25, 2024

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    • lake
    • atmospheric-precipitation
    • agriculture
    • flowing-water
    • hydrology
    • water-geographic
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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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    • protected-sites
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  • 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
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  • River Typology for Switzerland

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The typology of rivers groups the diversity of Swiss rivers according to abiotic, physiographic criteria, not considering anthropogenic impacts. They are a basis for assessment of...

    Last updated: January 1, 2013

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  • Database of wastewater treatment plants (ARA-DB) - cleaning type

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment

    Since the 1980s, the FOEN (formerly the Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape) has kept a database with information about the central ARA. The underlying original...

    Last updated: January 1, 2014

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  • 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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    • forest-resource
    • wood
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waterbodies 2 km²

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The data set ‹sub-basins 2 km²› is the central element of the geodata set. It is made up of a comprehensive mosaic of over 22,000 topographically defined sub-basin areas that can...

    Last updated: July 1, 2010

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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, 2023

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    • fise-forest-information-system-for-europe
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    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • deciduous-forest
    • mixed-woodland
    • wood
    • forest-resource
    • coniferous-forest
    • 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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  • Vegetation height model Sentinel NFI

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

    Information on the vegetation height is determined using remote sensing methods with active and passive sensors. LiDAR is an active sensor. An optical sensor, for example an aerial...

    Last updated: October 31, 2024

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    • fise-forest-information-system-for-europe
    • wood
    • forest-resource
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Plate 8.7 Vulnerability of Groundwater Ressources

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The term «vulnerability» refers to the sensitivity of a system in relation to a harmful external influence. In the case of groundwater, vulnerability is defined as the exposure to...

    Last updated: January 1, 2007

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  • Economic regions NFI

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

    Switzerland is divided into fourteen areas according to the geometry of the data set. They represent different forest growth and economic conditions and represent a refinement of...

    Last updated: November 16, 2020

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    • forest-resource
    • wood
    • 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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    • traffic-noise
    • noise
    • noise-abatement
    • noise-effect
    • noise-pollutant
    • noise-immission
    • noise-level
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • 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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    • environment
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • protected-sites
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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: December 1, 2025

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    • protected-sites
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Swiss water topographical catchment areas: Main river section

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The data set “Main river section” is part of the geo dataset “Swiss water topographical catchment areas”. The main river in ​​a catchment area is the body of water that leaves the...

    Last updated: July 1, 2010

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  • Swiss National Park and parks of national importance (Zones)

    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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  • 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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    • GPKG
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  • 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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  • UNESCO World natural heritage

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (World Heritage Convention, SR 0.451.41) was signed at the UNESCO General Conference in 1972....

    Last updated: January 1, 2021

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