The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research is concerned with the use, development and protection of natural and urban spaces. The focus of our research is on solving problems to do with the responsible use of landscapes and forests and a prudent approach to natural hazards, especially those common in mountainous countries. WSL occupies a leading position internationally in these research areas. We also provide groundwork for sustainable environmental policies in Switzerland.

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3 datasets found

  • Amphibian observation and pond data (Aargau, Switzerland)

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    Education, culture and sport

    In the canton of Aargau, hundreds of new ponds have been constructed since the 1990s to benefit declining amphibian populations. This dataset consists of monitoring data for all 12...

    Last updated: September 21, 2023

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    • wetlands
    • amphibians
    • landscape
    • conservation
    • occupancy-models
  • ANEZET: Analysing Net-Zero Transformations

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    We have analysed past transformations in Switzerland in four environmental domains, with the aim to draw conclusions for current challenges, such as the net‐zero transformation....

    Last updated: June 1, 2023

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    • transition
    • biodiversity
    • enabling-factors
    • hindering-factors
    • forest
    • landscape
    • natural-hazards
  • Land use/cover dynamics in Austin metropolitan area since 1992

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    Education, culture and sport

    The present dataset is part of the published scientific paper Zhao C, Weng Q, Hersperger A M. Characterizing the 3-D urban morphology transformation to understand urban-form...

    Last updated: February 7, 2022

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    • urban-morphology
    • land-dynamics
    • landscape
    • austin
    • land-use