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.

191 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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    • WMS
    • SERVICE
    • API
    • natural-risk
    • prevention-of-forest-fires
    • forest-fire
    • wood
    • land-use
    • fise-forest-information-system-for-europe
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Seismic zones according to the SIA 261 standard

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Map of seismic zones from the SIA 261 Standard “Actions on Structures” (2020). A design value is specified for the horizontal ground acceleration agd (in m/s2). This design value...

    Last updated: March 30, 2011

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • hazard-area
    • natural-risk
    • earthquake
    • natural-risk-zones
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • hazard-map
  • National Ecological Network REN, watercourses / lakes

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The National Ecological Network (REN) was developed in close collaboration with cantonal authorities for the protec-tion of nature and landscapes. It issues a technical/sciencific...

    Last updated: February 14, 2011

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • environment
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • National Ecological Network (REN), forest area

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The National Ecological Network (REN) was developed in close collaboration with cantonal authorities for the protec-tion of nature and landscapes. It issues a technical/sciencific...

    Last updated: February 14, 2011

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • environment
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Overland flow map

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The areas affected by overland flow were determined using a simplified method the over entire Switzerland and Liechtenstein. They were determined by modelling without any...

    Last updated: February 9, 2023

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • rain
    • flooding
    • surface-runoff
    • flood
    • thunderstorm
    • natural-risk
    • natural-risk-analysis
    • danger-analysis
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Impatiens glandulifera

    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

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Hydrocotyle ranunculoides

    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

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Distribution of ibex colonies

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

    After being resettled in 1906, Alpine (Capra) ibex live in colonies of varying sizes throughout the Alpine region and in the Jura mountains. Because the growth of stocks in...

    Last updated: March 31, 2021

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • e-geoch
    • environment
    • wild-animal
    • game-animals
    • species-distribution
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Solidago gigantea

    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

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Lupinus polyphyllus

    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

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • 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

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • API
    • natural-risk
    • natural-risk-analysis
    • storm
    • wind
    • air-movement
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Cornus sericea

    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

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Parthenocissus inserta

    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

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • 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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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • SERVICE
    • environment
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waterbodies 40 km²

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The "40 km² catchment areas" data set is one of four possible aggregation levels for the "Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waterbodies" geodata set. It consists of a...

    Last updated: July 1, 2010

    • SERVICE
    • API
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • hydrography
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland, with average soil loss in tons/(ha*month), November

    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

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • soil-erosion
    • erosion
    • erosion-control
    • human-health-and-safety
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
  • Ammonia Concentration

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Ammonia can harm plants and animals and contributes to elevated nitrogen deposition. Critical levels for ammonia are established in the framework of the UNECE convention on...

    Last updated: August 15, 2022

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • air-pollutant
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
  • Comparison of discharge and water gauge data with hazard levels

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the current discharge at all the stations, as compared with flood hazard levels.

    Last updated: October 30, 2014

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • ZIP
    • lake
    • water-geographic
    • hydrology
    • watercourse
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Ludwigia peploides

    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

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Sedum spurium

    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

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure