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.

More information: https://www.wsl.ch/

3 datasets found

  • History of wetlands in Switzerland since 1850

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    Naturally, large parts of the Swiss Plateau are characterised by wetlands and meandering rivers. That this is no longer the case today is the result of centuries of efforts to...

    Last updated: November 3, 2019

    • ZIP
    • switzerland
    • ecology
    • environmental--policy
    • environmental---history
    • historical-carthography
    • wetlands
  • Land use projections and services for Switzerland

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    Data and scripts of publication:

    Madleina Gerecke, Oskar Hagen, Janine Bolliger, Anna M. Hersperger, Felix Kienast, Bronwyn Price, Loïc Pellissier (2019) Assessing potential...

    Last updated: September 27, 2023

    • ZIP
    • land-use
    • switzerland
    • land-use-change
    • urbanization
    • statistical-model
    • modeling
    • landscape-services
  • Spatial modelling of ecological indicator values

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    Ecologically meaningful predictors are often neglected in plant distribution studies, resulting in incomplete niche quantification and low predictive power of species distribution...

    Last updated: June 11, 2020

    • XLS
    • ZIP
    • ecological-indicator-values
    • soil-ph
    • soil-moisture
    • ecological-maps
    • plants
    • landolt
    • soil-mapping
    • switzerland