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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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
Hydrogeological map of Switzerland 1:100000

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Published by the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, the specialist office of the Swiss Geological Survey responsible for hydrogeology.The hydrogeological map 1:100,000 shows...

Last updated: December 31, 2014
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- WMTS
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- hydrogeology
- groundwater
- aquifer
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- official-geodata
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...

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- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Cantons 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 cantons. Basel Stadt and Basel-Landschaft are considered as a single unit.

Last updated: January 1, 2021
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- WMTS
- API
- RDF XML
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- forest-resource
- wood
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- bio-geographical-regions
- habitats-and-biotopes
- species-distribution
- national
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
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
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- WMS
- WMTS
- ZIP
- environment
- habitats-and-biotopes
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Frequency of Föhn in the year, period variable (maximum 1969-2013)

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The map shows the average frequency (in %) of the number of Föhn hours per year. A value of e.g. 12 % means that on 44 days in the year the Föhn blows, whereby the duration of the...

Last updated: April 1, 2022
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- WMTS
- SERVICE
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- forestry
- storm-damage
- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- 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
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
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- WMS
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- hazard-area
- natural-risk
- earthquake
- natural-risk-zones
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- hazard-map
Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Glyceria striata

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
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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- ZIP
- GPKG
- HTML
- API
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
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
- HTML
- environment
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Rhus typhina

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
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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- WMTS
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- natural-risk
- natural-risk-analysis
- storm
- wind
- air-movement
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
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: May 11, 2020
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- WMTS
- ZIP
- API
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- e-geoch
- environment
- protected-sites
- habitats-and-biotopes
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Thermal continentality at 1000 m a.s.l. in July, period 1981-2010

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The thermal continentality in °C was calculated as the difference between the highest and lowest value of the daily variation of the temperature of July in the period under...

Last updated: April 1, 2022
- WMS
- WMTS
- SERVICE
- HTML
- forestry
- storm-damage
- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Windstorm: Gusts at return period 300 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
Areas of silver fir

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

The map shows the areas of silver fir occurrence. In the main area, fir is naturally involved to a considerable extent in the stand development in the upper montane and...

Last updated: June 3, 2020
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- WMTS
- ZIP
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- wood
- forest-resource
- forest-ecology
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Cantonal & private gauging stations (HADES 5.1.2)

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

This set of data represents the locations of hydrometric gauging stations belonging to cantons (data source: “KANTON”) and private owners (data source: “HADES”). The data was...

Last updated: January 1, 2003
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- WMTS
- WMS
- API
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- water-geographic
- gewiss

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