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 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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- e-geoch
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- official-geodata
- environment
- habitats-and-biotopes
- protected-sites
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
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: January 1, 2024
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- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- API
- environment
- protected-sites
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waterbodies 40 km²

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The "40 km² catchment areas" data set is one of four possible aggregation levels for the "Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waterbodies" geodata set. It consists of a...

Last updated: July 1, 2010
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- WMTS
- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- hydrography
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Percentage of stocking along rivers

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Vegetation performs important functions. It provides shade for rivers, thus reducing peak water temperatures. In the context of global warming, this is increasingly important....

Last updated: October 7, 2022
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- environment
- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
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, 2019
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- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- official-geodata
- fise-forest-information-system-for-europe
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- wood
- forest-resource
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Vegetation height model 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, 2019
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- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- official-geodata
- fise-forest-information-system-for-europe
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- forest-resource
- wood
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Forest fire prevention measures of the cantons

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

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

Last updated: November 17, 2022
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- natural-risk
- prevention-of-forest-fires
- forest-fire
- wood
- land-use
- fise-forest-information-system-for-europe
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Map of the recent earthquakes (last 90 days) in and around Switzerland

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The map of the earthquakes of the last 90 days shows the current seismic activity in Switzerland and the nearby regions recorded by the Swiss Seismological Service at the ETH...

Last updated: November 1, 2016
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- earthquake
- landsat
- natural-risk-zones
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
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: January 1, 2013
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- gewiss
- water-geographic
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Economic regions NFI

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

Switzerland is divided into fourteen areas according to the geometry of the data set. They represent different forest growth and economic conditions and represent a refinement of...

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- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
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- wood
- forest-resource
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
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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- gewiss
- water-geographic
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
NQStat low-flow statistics

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

A wide variety of parameters may be used to describe low-flow events. The FOEN Hydrology Division's low-flow statistics are based on the recommendations of the German Association...

Last updated: January 1, 2008
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- gewiss
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Ramsar sites in Switzerland

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

To protect wetlands, particularly because they are habitats for waterbirds and migratory birds, an international convention was signed in 1971 in Ramsar, Iran. Switzerland ratified...

Last updated: February 2, 2005
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- protected-sites
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- e-geoch
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- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- environment
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.

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- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Water temperature monitoring stations

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The data set represents the locations of the stations in the water temperature monitoring network of the Hydrology Department of the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN). It...

Last updated: October 1, 2017
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- WMS
- WMTS
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- environment
- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- human-health-and-safety
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
National Long-Term Surveillance of Swiss Rivers

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The National River Monitoring and Survey Programme (NADUF) tracks the concentrations of substances occurring in selected Swiss watercourses. NADUF, launched in 1972, is a project...

Last updated: December 7, 2022
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- gewiss
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- water-geographic
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
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...

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- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- forest-resource
- wood
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure

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