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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Federal Inventory of Landscapes and Natural Monuments

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Article 5 of the Federal Act of 1 July 1966 on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage (NCHA) orders the Federal Council to compile inventories of sites of national...

Last updated: November 15, 2022
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- e-geoch
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- environment
- protected-sites
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
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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- WMTS
- HTML
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- e-geoch
- environment
- landscape
- protected-sites
- 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
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- 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
River Typology for Switzerland

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The typology of rivers groups the diversity of Swiss rivers according to abiotic, physiographic criteria, not considering anthropogenic impacts. They are a basis for assessment of...

Last updated: January 1, 2013
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- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- official-geodata
- flowing-water
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
Swiss Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (SwissPRTR)

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

SwissPRTR is the publicly accessible Swiss Pollutant Release and Transfer Register. It provides information about releases of pollutants and transfers of wastes from facilities and...

Last updated: July 9, 2025
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- e-geoch
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- waste-disposal
- waste-recycling
- source-of-pollution
- emission-source
- special-waste
- pollutant
- chemical
- production-and-industrial-facilities
- human-health-and-safety
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Vegetation height model Sentinel NFI

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

Information on the 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
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- SERVICE
- HTML
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- official-geodata
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- fise-forest-information-system-for-europe
- wood
- forest-resource
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Daytime railway noise exposure

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The map shows the daytime railway noise to which the population is exposed. The noise calculation is based on emission data for 2021 as reported in the railway noise register as...

Last updated: December 31, 2021
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- HTML
- e-geoch
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- traffic-noise
- noise
- noise-abatement
- noise-effect
- noise-pollutant
- noise-immission
- noise-level
- human-health-and-safety
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
UNESCO World natural heritage

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (World Heritage Convention, SR 0.451.41) was signed at the UNESCO General Conference in 1972....

Last updated: January 1, 2021
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- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- official-geodata
- natural-heritage
- habitats-and-biotopes
- protected-sites
- 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, 2020
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- e-geoch
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- official-geodata
- wild-animal
- game-animals
- environment
- habitat
- protection-of-species
- species-distribution
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Ramsar sites in Switzerland

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

To protect wetlands, particularly as habitats for waterbirds and waders, a convention of international importance was signed in 1971 in the Iranian city of Ramsar. Switzerland...

Last updated: February 2, 2005
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- environment
- protected-sites
- 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
- official-geodata
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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- protected-sites
- habitats-and-biotopes
- 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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- WMS
- WMTS
- API
- environment
- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- official-geodata
Relief shading of vegetation height model Sentinel 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
- WMS
- WMTS
- SERVICE
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- fise-forest-information-system-for-europe
- forest-resource
- wood
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Nighttime railway noise exposure

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The map shows the nighttime railway noise to which the population is exposed. The noise calculation is based on emission data for 2021 as reported in the railway noise register as...

Last updated: December 31, 2021
- SERVICE
- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- e-geoch
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- official-geodata
- noise-level
- noise
- noise-effect
- noise-pollutant
- noise-abatement
- noise-immission
- traffic-noise
- human-health-and-safety
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Precipitation since 1864

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

These maps show the distribution of precipitation in Switzerland since 1864, both as annual, seasonal, and monthly totals for individual years and as standard values averaged over...

Last updated: January 1, 2020
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- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- confederation
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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- WMTS
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- e-geoch
- official-geodata
- biodiversity
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- environment
- protected-sites
- habitats-and-biotopes
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Federal Inventory of Raised and Transition Bogs of National Importance

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Raised bogs are some of the most susceptible habitats in Switzerland and are in sharp decline. Today, between 10% and 20% of the original stocks still exist. The scientific...

Last updated: December 1, 2025
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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
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

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