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.

358 datasets found

  • 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

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  • Geochemical soil atlas of Switzerland: Sodium

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Interpolierte Natrium-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
    • metal
    • atlas
    • interpolation
    • biogeochemistry
    • soil-properties
    • confederation
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • soil-mapping
  • Gauging stations for hydrological study areas

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Since 1957 the hydrology division of the FOEN has operated a network of hydrological study areas aimed at observing long-term changes in the water regime within Switzerland’s most...

    Last updated: July 27, 2016

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  • Production regions 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 five areas, namely Jura, Central Plateau, Pre-Alps, Alps, and the southern side of the Alps. They represent...

    Last updated: November 16, 2020

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    • forest-resource
    • wood
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • 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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  • Grayling population of national importance: core areas

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The data on grayling populations of national importance includes three subproducts; the core zones layer includes the areas of particular importance for grayling populations, based...

    Last updated: August 29, 2011

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  • Tranquillity Map

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The "Tranquillity Map of the Swiss Plateau" illustrates where areas of near-natural character and low noise pollution still exist near large settlements within the Swiss Plateau....

    Last updated: August 24, 2021

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  • 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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    • noise-abatement
    • noise-immission
    • noise-effect
    • traffic-noise
    • noise-level
    • noise
    • noise-pollutant
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Precipitation sum June-August, period 2070-2099, Scenario RCP 2.6

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

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

    Last updated: April 1, 2022

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    • forestry
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  • Database of wastewater treatment plants (ARA-DB) - percentage waste water in the receiving watercourses at low water

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment

    Since the 1980s, the FOEN (formerly the Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape) has kept a database with information about the central ARA. The underlying original...

    Last updated: January 1, 2014

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  • 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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  • Federal Inventory of Floodplains of National Importance - Appendix 2

    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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  • Federal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Sites of National Importance - Shifting Sites

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    There are currently 19 different amphibian species that live in Switzerland, and nearly all of them are included in the Red List of Threatened Species. The areas that contain...

    Last updated: December 1, 2025

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    • protected-sites
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Federal Inventory of Hunting Ban Reserves

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Federal hunting bans have existed since 1875 and served the purpose of raising the populations of chamois, red deer and roe deer as well as ibex (cloven-hoofed game), which had...

    Last updated: June 15, 2023

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  • Emerald sites

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Emerald Network is a Europeanwide network that seeks to protect endangered animal and plant species and natural habitats listed in the Bern Convention. To obtain Emerald...

    Last updated: September 17, 2009

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  • Federal Inventory of Reserves for Waterbirds and Migratory Birds of international and national importance

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Switzerland is especially important as a wintering and resting site for various migratory waterbirds. As a result, in 1974 the Federal Council signed a convention on watercourses...

    Last updated: July 1, 2023

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    • migratory-bird
    • waterfowl
    • environment
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    • habitats-and-biotopes
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  • 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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  • 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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    • protected-sites
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  • 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: December 1, 2025

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  • Federal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Sites of National Importance - Stationary Objects

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    There are currently 19 different amphibian species that live in Switzerland, and nearly all of them are included in the Red List of Threatened Species. The areas that contain...

    Last updated: December 1, 2025

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    • protected-sites
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure