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.

43 datasets found

  • Forest fire prevention measures of the cantons

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

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

    Last updated: November 17, 2022

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    • natural-risk
    • prevention-of-forest-fires
    • forest-fire
    • wood
    • land-use
    • fise-forest-information-system-for-europe
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Habitat Map of Switzerland

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The dataset maps Swiss habitats according to the TypoCH classification ('Lebensräume der Schweiz', Delarze et al. 2015) area-wide, to at least the second level of detail of the...

    Last updated:

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    • 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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    • natural-risk
    • natural-risk-analysis
    • storm
    • wind
    • air-movement
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Mean runoff in the future - results from the Hydro-CH2018 project

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the percentage changes in summer runoff towards the end of the century (2070-2099) compared to the reference period (1981 - 2010) as calculated in the hydrological...

    Last updated: February 17, 2021

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    • environment
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • 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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    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • watercourse
  • 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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    • WMTS
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    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • 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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    • WMTS
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    • renaturation
    • vector
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • 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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    • 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

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
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    • natural-risk
    • natural-risk-analysis
    • storm
    • wind
    • air-movement
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • 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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    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • environment
    • protected-sites
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • 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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    • official-geodata
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
    • environment
    • protected-sites
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • 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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    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • watercourse
  • 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: April 1, 2024

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    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Windstorm: Dynamic Pressure at return period 100 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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    • WMTS
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    • natural-risk
    • natural-risk-analysis
    • storm
    • air-movement
    • wind
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Estimation of direct CO₂ emissions based on heat demand according to SIA standard 380/1 (2016)

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Swiss building stock is responsible for around a quarter of CO2 emissions. Reductions in this area are key to achieving the climate targets.

    The map "CO2 Emissions...

    Last updated: September 9, 2022

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    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • 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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    • WMS
    • HTML
    • API
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • watercourse
  • Windstorm: Dynamic Pressure 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
    • natural-risk-analysis
    • storm
    • air-movement
    • wind
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • 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

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • API
    • renaturation
    • vector
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Database of cross sections (CS) - surveyed sections

    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: April 1, 2024

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • API
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • 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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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • GPKG
    • HTML
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    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure