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 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, 2018
- SERVICE
- WMS
- WMTS
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- fise-forest-information-system-for-europe
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- forest-resource
- wood
- mixed-woodland
- coniferous-forest
- deciduous-forest
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
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, 2019
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- WMTS
- WMS
- API
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- official-geodata
- fise-forest-information-system-for-europe
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- wood
- forest-resource
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Monthly rainfall erosivity (R-factor) maps of Switzerland in MJ mm ha⁻¹ h⁻¹ month⁻¹, September

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Monthly rainfall erosivity maps (R-factor maps) of Switzerland with a spatial resolution of 100 m. The maps show the spatial and seasonal variability of rainfall erosivity in MJ...

Last updated: February 27, 2020
- SERVICE
- WMS
- WMTS
- erosion
- erosion
- erosion-control
- soil-erosion
- precipitation-enhancement
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- e-geoch
Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland, with average soil loss in tons/(ha*month), January

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
- atmospheric-conditions
- human-health-and-safety
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- e-geoch
Federal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Sites of National Importance - Shifting Sites

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: November 1, 2017
- SERVICE
- WMS
- WMTS
- ZIP
- API
- official-geodata
- e-geoch
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- environment
- habitats-and-biotopes
- protected-sites
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Water availability for plants

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

Too little water is available to the trees more and more often: •The vegetation and soil release water into the atmosphere, even moreso the warmer and drier the air. Plants...

Last updated: February 6, 2019
- SERVICE
- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- forest-resource
- forest-ecology
- wood
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
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, 2018
- SERVICE
- WMS
- WMTS
- API
- air-pollutant
- atmospheric-conditions
- human-health-and-safety
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- e-geoch
- official-geodata
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
- SERVICE
- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- air-pollutant
- atmospheric-conditions
- human-health-and-safety
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- e-geoch
Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland, with average soil loss in tons/(ha*month), December

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-control
- erosion
- atmospheric-conditions
- human-health-and-safety
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- e-geoch
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...

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- WMTS
- ZIP
- WMS
- API
- RDF XML
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- forest-resource
- wood
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Swiss Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (SwissPRTR)

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

SwissPRTR is the publicly accessible Swiss Pollutant Release and Transfer Register. It provides information about releases of pollutants and transfers of wastes from facilities and...

Last updated: February 29, 2024
- SERVICE
- WMS
- WMTS
- API
- e-geoch
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- source-of-pollution
- special-waste
- waste-recycling
- pollutant
- emission-source
- waste-disposal
- production-and-industrial-facilities
- human-health-and-safety
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Swiss National Park

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Switzerland’s National Park was created in 1909 through private initiatives. When the Confederation took over, it was officially created on 1 August 1914. The park was expanded...

Last updated: January 17, 2001
- SERVICE
- WMS
- WMTS
- ZIP
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- e-geoch
- environment
- protected-sites
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Altitudinal vegetation belts in Switzerland for 2085 with less dry future climate

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

This map shows the altitudinal vegetation belts of forest vegetation in Switzerland for the period 2070-2099 assuming a less dry future climate. The following altitudinal...

Last updated: September 16, 2021
- SERVICE
- WMS
- WMTS
- ZIP
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- wood
- forest-ecology
- forest-resource
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
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...

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- WMTS
- ZIP
- WMS
- API
- RDF XML
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- official-geodata
- wood
- forest-resource
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
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
- SERVICE
- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- API
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
Ramsar sites in Switzerland

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

To protect wetlands, particularly because they are habitats for waterbirds and migratory birds, an international convention was signed in 1971 in Ramsar, Iran. Switzerland ratified...

Last updated: February 2, 2005
- SERVICE
- WMS
- WMTS
- ZIP
- HTML
- API
- protected-sites
- official-geodata
- e-geoch
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- environment
Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland, with average soil loss in tons/(ha*month), September

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-control
- erosion
- human-health-and-safety
- atmospheric-conditions
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- e-geoch
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
Map of potential permafrost distribution

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The map shows the potential permafrost distribution in Switzerland based on modelling. In Switzerland, above 2400 metres the ground can be permanently frozen, depending on its...

Last updated: December 31, 2005
- SERVICE
- WMS
- WMTS
- ZIP
- map-chart
- natural-risk
- permafrost-ecosystem
- natural-risk-zones
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
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
- SERVICE
- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- API
- e-geoch
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- official-geodata
- environment
- protected-sites
- habitats-and-biotopes
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
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.

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- ZIP
- WMS
- API
- RDF XML
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- wood
- forest-resource
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure

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