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.

38 datasets found

  • Amphibian migration conflicting with traffic

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Since the mid-1950s, the number of amphibians being killed on roads has increased dramatically. Every year, hundreds of thousands of amphibians cross roads in Switzerland during...

    Last updated: January 1, 2024

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • transport
    • environment
    • amphibian
    • crossing-place-for-animals
    • transport-networks
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Tranquillity Areas

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Based on the "Tranquillity Map of the Swiss Plateau" and its calculated "tranquillity" values, certain recreational areas were derived. For this purpose, areas that did not fall...

    Last updated: February 10, 2022

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    • WMTS
    • API
    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • ZIP
    • GPKG
    • environment
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • protected-sites
    • leisure-centre
    • space-provided-for-waters
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • tranquility
  • Reaches surveyed - cross section securing point

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the reaches of watercourses which are currently surveyed periodically under the leadership of the FOEN. They are usually surveyed every 10 years or after major floods...

    Last updated: April 1, 2024

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    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Database of cross sections (CS) - surveyed sections

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the reaches of watercourses which are currently surveyed periodically under the leadership of the FOEN. They are usually surveyed every 10 years or after major floods...

    Last updated: April 1, 2024

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    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • API
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Floodplains outside of the federal inventary

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Of all the floodplains mapped throughout Switzerland, the objects which have not been included in the federal inventory have been compiled in this dataset. A distinction has been...

    Last updated: November 1, 2017

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • environment
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • protected-sites
    • e-geoch
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • air-hygiene
  • Underground flow paths in karst regions

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Underground flow paths layer indicates the probable direction taken by the groundwater in karst regions within the catchments towards the relevant spring. These interpretations...

    Last updated: July 1, 2015

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • karst
    • environment
    • groundwater
    • hydrogeology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Springs and swallow holes in karst regions

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Karst springs and swallow holes layer shows the main points where groundwater emerges from the karst system as well as important infiltration points. Distinctions are made...

    Last updated: July 1, 2015

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    • WMTS
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    • karst
    • groundwater
    • environment
    • hydrogeology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Extent of groundwater resources in karst regions

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Karst water resources layer shows the extent of the water-saturated zone of a karstified aquifer projected to the surface. It is determined by the karst water level and...

    Last updated: July 1, 2015

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • groundwater
    • environment
    • karst
    • hydrogeology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Estimation of direct CO₂ emissions based on heat demand according to SIA standard 380/1 (2016)

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Swiss building stock is responsible for around a quarter of CO2 emissions. Reductions in this area are key to achieving the climate targets.

    The map "CO2 Emissions...

    Last updated: September 9, 2022

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    • WMTS
    • API
    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Swiss residual flow maps Return flows

    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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    • environment
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Catchments in karst regions

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Karst catchments layer depicts those areas where seepage water flows into a specific spring and feeds it. Catchments can occasionally overlap, namely where sections of them...

    Last updated: July 1, 2015

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
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    • groundwater
    • karst
    • environment
    • hydrogeology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Residual flow map of Switzerland: catchment

    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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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • environment
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • 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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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • environment
    • groundwater
    • hydrogeology
    • karst
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • 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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    • WMTS
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    • SERVICE
    • 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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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • environment
    • 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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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • groundwater
    • hydrogeology
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • 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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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • environment
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • 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

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • API
    • 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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    • WMTS
    • API
    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • 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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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • HTML
    • API
    • official-geodata
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
    • environment
    • protected-sites
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure