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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Catchment units in karst regions

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The Karst catchment units layer consists of the unit areas from which similar groundwater flow behaviour towards the karst spring can be expected. In particular, it allows for the...

Last updated: July 1, 2015
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- environment
- groundwater
- hydrogeology
- karst
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
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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- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- watercourse
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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- environment
- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Swiss residual flow maps Supply

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The Federal Act of 24 January 1991 on the Protection of Water against Pollution (LPEP) and its provisions on residual flows came into force on November 1, 1992 in Kraft getreten....

Last updated: January 1, 2004
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- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Groundwater bodies of Switzerland

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The groundwater bodies layer shows a simplified and comprehensive breakdown of hydrogeological overview units for Switzerland. The groundwater bodies here have not been developed...

Last updated: April 25, 2017
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- groundwater
- hydrogeology
- environment
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Assessment of the Chemical Water Status: Nitrate

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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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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- protected-sites
- e-geoch
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- biotope
- space-provided-for-waters
Pro Natura: Nature Preserves

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Pro Natura sichert mit Verträgen über 770 Naturschutzgebiete in der Schweiz mit einer Gesamtfläche von rund 270 km2. Aus unterschiedlichen Gründen dürfen öffentlich nur 763 Gebiete...

Last updated: December 31, 2022
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- GPKG
- environment
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Wildlife Passages

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

In einer ersten Phase hat das BAFU anhand der verfügbaren Daten die Wildtierpassagen auf dem Nationalstrassen- und Schienennetz erfasst. Berücksichtigt wurden Kunstbauten, die...

Last updated: August 23, 2023
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- environment
- wild-animal
- fauna
- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- biotope-network
- 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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- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- e-geoch
- environment
- protected-sites
- habitats-and-biotopes
- 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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- 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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- environment
- protected-sites
- habitats-and-biotopes
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Swiss National Park and parks of national importance (Zones)

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The dataset contains the protected area of the ‘Swiss National Park’, which is protected in accordance with the National Park Act of 19 December 1980 (SR454) as well as park...

Last updated: January 1, 2024
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- environment
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Amphibians appendix 3

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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- environment
- habitats-and-biotopes
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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- habitats-and-biotopes
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure

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