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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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Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Cabomba caroliniana

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
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
- SERVICE
- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- air
- pollutant
- air-pollutant
- atmospheric-conditions
- human-health-and-safety
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- e-geoch
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
Precipitation sum April-August, period 2070-2099, Scenario RCP 8.5

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The map shows the precipitation sum (in mm) for the months April to August calculated for the period 2070-2099. The precipitation anomalies of the climate scenario were added to...

Last updated: April 1, 2022
- WMS
- WMTS
- SERVICE
- HTML
- forestry
- storm-damage
- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- 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
- SERVICE
- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- API
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- e-geoch
- environment
- protected-sites
- habitats-and-biotopes
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area N.N.

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: October 8, 2015
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- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- environment
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Alpine pastures protected by livestock guardian dogs

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The return of large predators to Switzerland has led to the use of livestock guardian dogs on our alpine pastures. Herd guards are used to protect livestock against larger...

Last updated: January 5, 2025
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- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- API
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
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: September 2, 2024
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- WMS
- WMTS
- GDB
- SHP
- HTML
- ZIP
- API
- transport
- environment
- amphibian
- crossing-place-for-animals
- transport-networks
- habitats-and-biotopes
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Seismic zones according to the SIA 261 standard

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Map of seismic zones from the SIA 261 Standard “Actions on Structures” (2020). A design value is specified for the horizontal ground acceleration agd (in m/s2). This design value...

Last updated: March 30, 2011
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- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- natural-risk
- hazard-area
- earthquake
- natural-risk-zones
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- hazard-map
Swiss National Park

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Switzerland’s National Park was created in 1909 through private initiatives. When the Confederation took over, it was officially created on 1 August 1914. The park was expanded...

Last updated: January 17, 2001
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- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- e-geoch
- environment
- landscape
- protected-sites
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Warning Forest Fire Danger

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

The FOEN's forest fire danger warning contains the general daily forest fire danger based on meteorological data and the resulting forest fire indices.

Last updated: November 17, 2022
- HTML
- WMS
- SERVICE
- API
- forest-fire
- wood
- prevention-of-forest-fires
- natural-risk
- land-use
- fise-forest-information-system-for-europe
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Assessment of the Chemical Water Status: Ammonium

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...

Last updated: March 26, 2014
- SERVICE
- WMS
- HTML
- API
- environment
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- watercourse
Habitat Map of Switzerland

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The dataset maps Swiss habitats according to the TypoCH classification ('Lebensräume der Schweiz', Delarze et al. 2015) area-wide, to at least the second level of detail of the...

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- WMS
- WMTS
- API
- 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). The Swiss road network included in...

Last updated: December 31, 2021
- SERVICE
- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- e-geoch
- noise-abatement
- noise-immission
- noise-effect
- traffic-noise
- noise-level
- noise
- noise-pollutant
- human-health-and-safety
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
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
- official-geodata
- biodiversity
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- environment
- protected-sites
- habitats-and-biotopes
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Map of potential permafrost distribution

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The map shows the potential permafrost distribution in Switzerland based on modelling. In Switzerland, above 2400 metres the ground can be permanently frozen, depending on its...

Last updated: December 31, 2005
- SERVICE
- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- map-chart
- natural-risk
- permafrost-ecosystem
- natural-risk-zones
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
National Ecological Network (REN), dry habitat

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
Overland flow map

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The areas affected by overland flow were determined using a simplified method the over entire Switzerland and Liechtenstein. They were determined by modelling without any...

Last updated: February 9, 2023
- SERVICE
- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- flooding
- surface-runoff
- thunderstorm
- flood
- natural-risk-analysis
- danger-analysis
- rain
- natural-risk
- natural-hazard
- 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). The Swiss road network included in...

Last updated: December 31, 2021
- SERVICE
- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- official-geodata
- e-geoch
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- noise-pollutant
- noise-abatement
- noise
- traffic-noise
- noise-effect
- noise-immission
- noise-level
- human-health-and-safety
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Ecomorphology Level F – River reaches

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

To enable watercourses to be fully protected, their status must be known. The Modular Stepwise Procedure provides the framework for standardised investigation and assessment of...

Last updated: August 8, 2013
- SERVICE
- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- API
- vector
- renaturation
- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- official-geodata
Ammonia Concentration

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Ammonia can harm plants and animals and contributes to elevated nitrogen deposition. Critical levels for ammonia are established in the framework of the UNECE convention on...

Last updated: August 15, 2022
- SERVICE
- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- air-pollutant
- air
- pollutant
- atmospheric-conditions
- human-health-and-safety
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- e-geoch
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation

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