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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Ammonia Concentration

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Ammonia can harm plants and animals and contributes to elevated nitrogen deposition. Critical levels for ammonia are established in the framework of the UNECE convention on...

Last updated: August 15, 2022
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- e-geoch
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
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- e-geoch
Nitrogen Deposition

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The map shows the modelled total deposition of nitrogen for the year 2020 in a resolution of 500m as a sum of wet, dry and gaseous deposition. Nationwide deposition in 2020...

Last updated: August 15, 2022
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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: January 1, 2021
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- environment
- protected-sites
- habitats-and-biotopes
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
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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- environment
- waterfowl
- habitats-and-biotopes
- protected-sites
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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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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 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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- 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). Switzerland's entire road network,...

Last updated: December 31, 2015
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- noise-level
- human-health-and-safety
- 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). Switzerland's entire road network,...

Last updated: December 31, 2015
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- noise-abatement
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- noise-immission
- traffic-noise
- noise-pollutant
- human-health-and-safety
- 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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