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.

306 datasets found

  • NFI: Topics by tree state (living/dead)

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

    The National Forest Inventory (NFI) is a periodic survey of condition and development of the Swiss forest. It is produced in close cooperation between the Federal Office for the...

    Last updated: October 14, 2024

    • HTML
    • SPARQL
    • forest
    • forestry
    • national-forest-inventory
  • NFI: Topics by tree species (5 classes)

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

    The National Forest Inventory (NFI) is a periodic survey of condition and development of the Swiss forest. It is produced in close cooperation between the Federal Office for the...

    Last updated: October 14, 2024

    • SPARQL
    • HTML
    • forest
    • forestry
    • national-forest-inventory
  • NFI: Topics by aspect (9 classes)

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

    The National Forest Inventory (NFI) is a periodic survey of condition and development of the Swiss forest. It is produced in close cooperation between the Federal Office for the...

    Last updated: October 14, 2024

    • SPARQL
    • HTML
    • forest
    • forestry
    • national-forest-inventory
  • NFI: Topics by diameter at breast height (in 4 cm classes)

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

    The National Forest Inventory (NFI) is a periodic survey of condition and development of the Swiss forest. It is produced in close cooperation between the Federal Office for the...

    Last updated: October 14, 2024

    • HTML
    • SPARQL
    • forest
    • forestry
    • national-forest-inventory
  • NFI: Topics by diameter at breast height (main diameter classes)

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

    The National Forest Inventory (NFI) is a periodic survey of condition and development of the Swiss forest. It is produced in close cooperation between the Federal Office for the...

    Last updated: October 14, 2024

    • SPARQL
    • HTML
    • forest
    • forestry
    • national-forest-inventory
  • Forest fire prevention measures

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

    Contains the forest fire prevention measures currently in force in the cantons.

    Last updated: December 17, 2025

    • SPARQL
    • HTML
  • NFI: Change

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

    The National Forest Inventory (NFI) is a periodic survey of condition and development of the Swiss forest. It is produced in close cooperation between the Federal Office for the...

    Last updated: October 14, 2024

    • SPARQL
    • HTML
    • forest
    • forestry
    • national-forest-inventory
  • 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

    • SERVICE
    • 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

    • SERVICE
    • 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

    • SERVICE
    • 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

    • SERVICE
    • 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

    • SERVICE
    • 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...

    Last updated:

    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • 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