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.

51 datasets found

  • 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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    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • environment
    • protected-sites
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Database of total bedload (federal government)

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    A bedload transport database for surface waters throughout Switzerland. Following the devastating events of the summer of 1987, which caused major damage in many regions of...

    Last updated: January 1, 2009

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    • GDB
    • water-geographic
    • water
    • gewiss
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waterbodies: Area outlets

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The "Area outlets" data set is part of the "Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waterbodies" geodata set. It consists of point objects that represent the area outlets for a...

    Last updated: July 1, 2010

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  • Protection forest 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 six areas. They represent different forest growth and protective forest conditions.

    Last updated: November 16, 2020

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    • forest-resource
    • 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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    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • official-geodata
  • Cantons 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 cantons. Basel Stadt and Basel-Landschaft are considered as a single unit.

    Last updated: January 1, 2021

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    • forest-resource
    • wood
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • bio-geographical-regions
    • species-distribution
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • national
  • Reaches surveyed - cross section securing point

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the reaches of watercourses which are currently surveyed periodically under the leadership of the FOEN. They are usually surveyed every 10 years or after major floods...

    Last updated: March 3, 2025

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    • hazard
    • environment
    • natural-hazard
    • official-geodata
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  • 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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    • environment
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    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • official-geodata
  • Relief shading of vegetation height model 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

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    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
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    • fise-forest-information-system-for-europe
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • forest-resource
    • wood
    • 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
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    • 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
  • Database of wasterwater treatment plants (ARA-DB) - capacity (PE)

    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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    • gewiss
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    • water