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.

7 datasets found

  • 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
  • Daytime road traffic noise exposure

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the daytime road traffic noise to which the population is exposed. The data is based on area-wide model calculations (sonBASE). Switzerland's entire road network,...

    Last updated: December 31, 2015

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • HTML
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • e-geoch
    • noise-pollutant
    • noise-effect
    • traffic-noise
    • noise-abatement
    • noise-immission
    • noise-level
    • human-health-and-safety
    • 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

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    • 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
  • 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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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • API
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • environment
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • protected-sites
    • 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
  • Nighttime road traffic noise exposure

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the nighttime road traffic noise to which the population is exposed. The data is based on area-wide model calculations (sonBASE). Switzerland's entire road network,...

    Last updated: December 31, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • HTML
    • official-geodata
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
    • noise-abatement
    • noise-effect
    • noise-level
    • noise-immission
    • traffic-noise
    • noise-pollutant
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Daytime railway noise exposure

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the daytime railway noise to which the population is exposed. The noise calculation is based on the real emissions of the year 2015. This emissions were calculated...

    Last updated: December 31, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • e-geoch
    • official-geodata
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • traffic-noise
    • noise-level
    • noise-immission
    • noise-abatement
    • noise-pollutant
    • noise-effect
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure