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.

308 datasets found

  • Biosphere reserves

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Biosphere reserves are not only used to protect and preserve ecosystems, but also for environmental research, environmentally-friendly land use and environmental education. They...

    Last updated: January 1, 2017

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  • 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: April 30, 2025

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  • Swiss National Park and parks of national importance (Perimeter)

    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: April 30, 2025

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  • Ecomorphology Level F - Structures

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

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

    Last updated: August 8, 2013

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  • Ecomorphology Level F – Drop structures

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

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

    Last updated: August 8, 2013

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  • 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

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  • Hydrogeological map of Switzerland 1:100000

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Published by the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, the specialist office of the Swiss Geological Survey responsible for hydrogeology.The hydrogeological map 1:100,000 shows...

    Last updated: December 31, 2014

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    • aquifer
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    • hydrogeology
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    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
  • Geochemical soil atlas of Switzerland: Molybdenum

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Interpolierte Element-Konzentrationen (mg/kg Feinerde) in den Oberböden (0–20 cm) der Schweiz. Für die Ordinary Kriging Interpolationen (1 km x 1 km) wurden Messdaten von insgesamt...

    Last updated: June 30, 2023

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    • soil
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    • interpolation
    • biogeochemistry
    • atlas
    • confederation
    • soil-mapping
    • soil-properties
    • 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

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    • surface-runoff
    • thunderstorm
    • flooding
    • flood
    • natural-risk-analysis
    • natural-hazard
    • rain
    • danger-analysis
    • natural-risk
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  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Lonicera henryi

    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

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  • Fine particulate-matter concentration along the A2 and A13

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Environment

    The survey on air quality along transit routes through Switzerland assesses traffic-related air pollutants that are relevant to health. These pollutants typically arise from...

    Last updated: December 9, 2025

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  • Greenhouse gas emissions by sector and by gas

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Environment

    Evolution of Switzerland’s greenhouse gas emissions since 1990 in the sectors in accordance with the CO2 Ordinance and broken down by gas. The greenhouse gas emissions from...

    Last updated: April 15, 2025

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  • Soot-concentration along the A2 and A13

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Environment

    The survey on air quality along transit routes through Switzerland assesses traffic-related air pollutants that are relevant to health. These pollutants typically arise from...

    Last updated: December 9, 2025

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  • NO2-concentration along the A2 and A13

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Environment

    The survey on air quality along transit routes through Switzerland assesses traffic-related air pollutants that are relevant to health. These pollutants typically arise from...

    Last updated: December 9, 2025

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  • NOx-concentration along the A2 and A13

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Environment

    The survey on air quality along transit routes through Switzerland assesses traffic-related air pollutants that are relevant to health. These pollutants typically arise from...

    Last updated: December 9, 2025

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  • Red List

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Environment

    Red lists are scientific expert reports that assess the degree of threat to native species. In Switzerland, these lists are drawn up by specialists commissioned by the FOEN. They...

    Last updated: January 24, 2024

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  • Wood flow model in Switzerland

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

    This dataset has no description

    Last updated: April 11, 2025

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  • CO2 emissions from thermal fuels (corrected for weather conditions) and motor fuels

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Environment

    Evolution of CO2 emissions from thermal and motor fuels. The CO2 emissions from thermal fuels are corrected for weather conditions (the correction for weather conditions takes into...

    Last updated: July 10, 2025

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  • Heavy Metal Soil Contamination

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

    The measurement data are the surveyed mean values of heavy metal concentrations recorded in the top 20 cm of the soil in around 100 permanent monitoring sites operated by the Swiss...

    Last updated: August 4, 2025

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  • Shares of greenhouse gas emissions from motor fuels in the Transport sector

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Environment

    Evolution of shares in greenhouse gas emissions in the Transport sector from diesel, gasoline, kerosene (national aviation only, civil and military flights) and gas.

    Last updated: April 15, 2025

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