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Exceedance of critical loads for nitrogen

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Excessive deposition of reactive nitrogen compounds (NO₂, NO₃⁻, HNO₃, NH₃, NH₄⁺) causes eutrophication (over-fertilisation) of sensitive ecosystems, contributes to soil...

Last updated: August 15, 2022
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- air-pollutant
- human-health-and-safety
- atmospheric-conditions
- 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), March

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
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- WMTS
- soil-erosion
- erosion-control
- erosion
- atmospheric-conditions
- human-health-and-safety
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- e-geoch
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland, with average soil loss in tons/(ha*month), May

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
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- WMTS
- erosion
- soil-erosion
- erosion-control
- 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), February

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
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- WMS
- WMTS
- erosion-control
- erosion
- soil-erosion
- human-health-and-safety
- atmospheric-conditions
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- e-geoch
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
Monthly rainfall erosivity (R-factor) maps of Switzerland in MJ mm ha⁻¹ h⁻¹ month⁻¹, May

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
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- 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), October

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
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- WMS
- WMTS
- erosion
- erosion-control
- soil-erosion
- human-health-and-safety
- atmospheric-conditions
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- e-geoch
Alpine Floodplains outside of the federal inventary

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

As past of the systematic inventory of flood plains, properties that were until recently not evaluated as having national significance will also be included in the federal...

Last updated: July 4, 2019
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- environment
- habitats-and-biotopes
- protected-sites
- e-geoch
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- biotope
- space-provided-for-waters
Monthly rainfall erosivity (R-factor) maps of Switzerland in MJ mm ha⁻¹ h⁻¹ month⁻¹, July

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
- soil-erosion
- erosion-control
- erosion
- erosion
- precipitation-enhancement
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- e-geoch
Monthly rainfall erosivity (R-factor) maps of Switzerland in MJ mm ha⁻¹ h⁻¹ month⁻¹, August

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
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- WMS
- WMTS
- soil-erosion
- erosion
- erosion
- erosion-control
- precipitation-enhancement
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- e-geoch
Nitrogen Deposition

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The map shows the modelled total deposition of nitrogen for the year 2020 in a resolution of 500m as a sum of wet, dry and gaseous deposition. Nationwide deposition in 2020...

Last updated: August 15, 2022
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- WMTS
- HTML
- air-pollutant
- atmospheric-conditions
- human-health-and-safety
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- e-geoch
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
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
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- 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
Federal Inventory of Fens of National Importance

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Fens are vestiges of earlier natural and cultural landscapes and are in sharp decline. They are home to highly-adapted symbiotic communities of plants and animals that include a...

Last updated: January 1, 2021
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- API
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- e-geoch
- environment
- protected-sites
- habitats-and-biotopes
- 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
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- 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
Federal Inventory of Reserves for Waterbirds and Migratory Birds of international and national importance

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Switzerland is especially important as a wintering and resting site for various migratory waterbirds. As a result, in 1974 the Federal Council signed a convention on watercourses...

Last updated: July 1, 2023
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- HTML
- API
- e-geoch
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- migratory-bird
- environment
- waterfowl
- habitats-and-biotopes
- protected-sites
- 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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- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- e-geoch
- environment
- protected-sites
- habitats-and-biotopes
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
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
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- ZIP
- API
- official-geodata
- e-geoch
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- environment
- habitats-and-biotopes
- protected-sites
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Federal Inventory of Mire Landscapes of Particular Beauty and National Significance

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Mire landscapes are essentially semi-natural landscapes shaped by mires that are also home to other noteworthy natural and cultural elements. They are the last remaining habitats...

Last updated: November 1, 2017
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- ZIP
- API
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- e-geoch
- environment
- protected-sites
- habitats-and-biotopes
- 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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- ZIP
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- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- official-geodata
- e-geoch
- environment
- wild-animal
- game-animals
- species-distribution
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Federal Inventory of Hunting Ban Reserves

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Federal hunting bans have existed since 1875 and served the purpose of raising the populations of chamois, red deer and roe deer as well as ibex (cloven-hoofed game), which had...

Last updated: June 15, 2023
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- e-geoch
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- official-geodata
- environment
- habitats-and-biotopes
- protected-sites
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
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
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- e-geoch
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- official-geodata
- environment
- protected-sites
- habitats-and-biotopes
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure

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