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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Vegetation alpine floodplains

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Habitat protection pursuant to Article 18a of the Federal Act on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage (NHG, SR 451) aims to ensure effective protection for areas of...

Last updated: January 1, 2006
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Database of wasterwater treatment plants (ARA-DB) - capacity (PE)

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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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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Mapping of Floodplains of National Importance

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

In order to give cantons the option of taking the protection of floodplains of probable national importance into their own hands as quickly as possible, the Swiss Agency for the...

Last updated: September 17, 2025
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Relief shading of vegetation height model NFI

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

Information on 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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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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Floodplains outside of the federal inventary

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Of all the floodplains mapped throughout Switzerland, the objects which have not been included in the federal inventory have been compiled in this dataset. A distinction has been...

Last updated: November 1, 2017
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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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Federal Inventory of Floodplains of National Importance

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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Assessment of the Chemical Water Status: Total Phosphorus

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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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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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
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Assessment of the Chemical Water Status: Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC)

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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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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National Long-Term Surveillance of Swiss Rivers

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The National River Monitoring and Survey Programme (NADUF) tracks the concentrations of substances occurring in selected Swiss watercourses. NADUF, launched in 1972, is a project...

Last updated: December 7, 2022
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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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Assessment of the Biological Water Status: Macrozoobenthos

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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Basis for determining Q347 flow rate

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The Water Protection Act specifies how appropriate residual flows can be determined. This applies to new water withdrawals and also to existing withdrawals for which concessions...

Last updated: January 1, 2000
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National Air Pollution Monitoring Network NABEL: stations

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The National Air Pollution Monitoring Network (NABEL) monitors air quality at 16 different locations in Switzerland. The monitoring stations are spread over the entire country and...

Last updated: January 1, 2021
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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: December 1, 2025
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