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.

123 datasets found

  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Cornus sericea

    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
  • 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
  • Swiss National Park and parks of national importance (Zones)

    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

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • API
    • environment
    • protected-sites
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • 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

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • API
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • environment
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • protected-sites
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Windstorm: Gusts at return period 100 years

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Windstorm Risk Maps show peak wind gusts and their dynamic pressure and the corresponding uncertainties. The maps provide a country-wide basis for the estimation of the...

    Last updated: November 7, 2014

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • API
    • natural-risk
    • natural-risk-analysis
    • air-movement
    • wind
    • storm
    • 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

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • HTML
    • environment
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Buddleja davidii

    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
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Echinocystis lobata

    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
  • Protected areas in the civilian air navigation obstacles publication - Floodplains

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Transport

    Under Art. 19 of the Off-Airport Landing Ordinance (AuLaV; SR 748.132.3), protected areas comprise national parks, raised and transition bogs, water and migratory bird reserves,...

    Last updated: November 1, 2017

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • API
    • protected-sites
    • air-navigation-obstacle
    • air-navigation
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Elodea canadensis

    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
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Phytolacca americana

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

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Based on the "Tranquillity Map of the Swiss Plateau" and its calculated "tranquillity" values, certain recreational areas were derived. For this purpose, areas that did not fall...

    Last updated: February 10, 2022

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • ZIP
    • GPKG
    • environment
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • protected-sites
    • leisure-centre
    • space-provided-for-waters
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • tranquility
  • Precipitation sum April-August, period 2070-2099, Scenario RCP 2.6

    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
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Senecio rupestris

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, 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
  • Diffuse dissolved phosphorus inputs into waters, modelled values

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Phosphorus inputs into waters represent an undesirable pollution load. Over recent decades high inputs of dissolved phosphorus have led to eutrophication of the lakes of the...

    Last updated: January 1, 2023

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • phosphorus
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • water-geographic
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Prunus serotina

    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
  • Precipitation sum April-August, period 2070-2099, Scenario RCP 4.5

    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
  • Water availability for plants

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

    Too little water is available to the trees more and more often: •The vegetation and soil release water into the atmosphere, even moreso the warmer and drier the air. Plants...

    Last updated: February 6, 2019

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • forest-resource
    • forest-ecology
    • wood
    • 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

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • API
    • renaturation
    • vector
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • 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

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • air-pollutant
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch