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86 datasets found

  • 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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  • 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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  • Grayling population of national importance: spawning grounds

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The data on grayling populations of national importance includes four sub-products; the spawning grounds layer includes the areas in which natural reproduction occurs. The core...

    Last updated: August 29, 2011

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  • Nase spawning grounds 1995 - 2004

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The data includes the coordinates of spawning grounds in Switzerland (around 100 sites) as well as the average number of breeding animals (10-year average). The FOEN conducted a...

    Last updated: February 20, 2006

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  • Stocking map along watercourses and lakeshores

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    For the creation of the Switzerland-wide map of riparian woody vegetation, calculations were made based on available geodata. Riparian woodland was defined as vegetation over 2.5 m...

    Last updated: October 7, 2022

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  • 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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    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • environment