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.

259 datasets found

  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Cyperus esculentus

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

    The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring...

    Last updated: April 2, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Numeric data from drought platform

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    This dataset includes all numerical data published on the national drought platform. For all drought-related variables, historical time series are available since 1991 with monthly...

    Last updated: November 25, 2024

    • HTML
    • hydrology
    • water-geographic
    • atmospheric-precipitation
    • lake
    • agriculture
    • flowing-water
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • PKD (proliferative kidney disease)

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

    The list provides information about this disease and names the bodies of water where PKD (proliferative kidney disease) had been detected in fish. The diagnosis is based on the...

    Last updated: January 20, 2014

    • SERVICE
    • WMTS
    • WMS
    • HTML
    • fish-disease
    • protection-of-species
    • fish
    • fauna
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • water
  • Cantons 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 cantons. Basel Stadt and Basel-Landschaft are considered as a single unit.

    Last updated: January 1, 2021

    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • RDF XML
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • forest-resource
    • wood
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • bio-geographical-regions
    • species-distribution
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • national
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Cornus sericea

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring...

    Last updated: April 2, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • 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: March 3, 2025

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • API
    • hazard
    • environment
    • natural-hazard
    • official-geodata
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Mean daily temperature high in July, period 1961-1990

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    For the area-wide calculation, measured values from MeteoSwiss measuring stations in the period 1961-1990 were used. From the daily temperature curve, the highest temperature is...

    Last updated: April 1, 2022

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • air
    • climate
    • air
    • climate
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Windstorm: Gusts at return period 100 years

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Windstorm Risk Maps show peak wind gusts and their dynamic pressure and the corresponding uncertainties. The maps provide a country-wide basis for the estimation of the...

    Last updated: November 7, 2014

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • API
    • natural-risk
    • air-movement
    • storm
    • natural-risk-analysis
    • wind
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • National Ecological Network REN, wetland site

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The National Ecological Network (REN) was developed in close collaboration with cantonal authorities for the protec-tion of nature and landscapes. It issues a technical/sciencific...

    Last updated: February 14, 2011

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Myriophyllum aquaticum

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

    The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring...

    Last updated: April 2, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Toxicodendron radicans

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring...

    Last updated: April 2, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Thermal continentality at 1000 m a.s.l. in July, period 1981-2010

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The thermal continentality in °C was calculated as the difference between the highest and lowest value of the daily variation of the temperature of July in the period under...

    Last updated: April 1, 2022

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • forestry
    • storm-damage
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Solanum carolinense

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

    The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring...

    Last updated: April 2, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Abutilon theophrasti

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

    The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring...

    Last updated: April 2, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Geochemical soil atlas of Switzerland: Magnesium

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Interpolated element concentrations (mg/kg fine soil) in the topsoil (0-20 cm) of Switzerland. For the Ordinary Kriging interpolations (1 km x 1 km), measurement data from a total...

    Last updated: June 30, 2023

    • HTML
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • soil
    • soil
    • biogeochemistry
    • interpolation
    • metallic-mineral
    • atlas
    • confederation
    • soil-mapping
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Buddleja davidii

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring...

    Last updated: April 2, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Air pollution by particulate matter PM10

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    "Particulate matter" (PM10) refers to particles less than 10 micrometres in diameter. These particles are formed during industrial and commercial production processes, combustion...

    Last updated: August 19, 2025

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • SERVICE
    • air-pollutant
    • air
    • air
    • pollutant
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
  • 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, 2024

    • SERVICE
    • WMTS
    • WMS
    • HTML
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • fise-forest-information-system-for-europe
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • forest-resource
    • wood
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Lupinus polyphyllus

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring...

    Last updated: April 2, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Geochemical soil atlas of Switzerland: Zinc

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Interpolated element concentrations (mg/kg fine soil) in the topsoil (0-20 cm) of Switzerland. For the Ordinary Kriging interpolations (1 km x 1 km), measurement data from a total...

    Last updated: June 30, 2023

    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • soil
    • soil
    • atlas
    • heavy-metal
    • interpolation
    • interpolation
    • old-hazardous-site
    • heavy-metal-load
    • biogeochemistry
    • toxic-metal
    • toxic-metal
    • soil
    • soil-mapping
    • confederation
    • soil-quality
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure