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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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Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland, with average soil loss in tons/(ha*month), July

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland with a spatial resolution of 100m. The maps show the average soil loss in tons per hectare and month. Shades of green,...

Last updated: June 27, 2019
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- erosion
- erosion-control
- soil-erosion
- human-health-and-safety
- atmospheric-conditions
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- e-geoch
Federal Inventory of Mire Landscapes of Particular Beauty and National Significance

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Mire landscapes are essentially semi-natural landscapes shaped by mires that are also home to other noteworthy natural and cultural elements. They are the last remaining habitats...

Last updated: November 1, 2017
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Federal Inventory of Landscapes and Natural Monuments

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Article 5 of the Federal Act of 1 July 1966 on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage (NCHA) orders the Federal Council to compile inventories of sites of national...

Last updated: November 15, 2022
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Hydrogeological map of Switzerland 1:100000

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Published by the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, the specialist office of the Swiss Geological Survey responsible for hydrogeology.The hydrogeological map 1:100,000 shows...

Last updated: December 31, 2014
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- hydrogeology
- groundwater
- aquifer
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
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- official-geodata
Modelled altitudinal vegetation belts for 2085 with dry future climate

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

This map shows the altitudinal vegetation belts of forest vegetation in Switzerland for the period 2070-2099 assuming a dry future climate. The following altitudinal vegetation...

Last updated: September 16, 2021
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- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- forest-resource
- wood
- forest-ecology
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Strahler stream order

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The stream order according to Strahler specifies the degree of branching of a hydrographic network. It forms the basis for morphological studies and descriptions of a watercourse....

Last updated: August 6, 2014
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Perimeters of existing spectral micro-zoning studies

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Perimeters for which a spectral seismic micro-zonation study is available with links to further information. The amplification of seismic waves through the local geology is modeled...

Last updated: June 9, 2023
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- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- earthquake
- natural-risk-zones
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Map of seismic subsoil categories according to the standard SIA 261

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The site class is a required indication to determine the seismic action for a structure according to the building code SIA 261. The maps of site classes are indicative maps and are...

Last updated: October 9, 2024
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- microzonation
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
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- natural-risk-zones
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Biogeographical regions of Switzerland (CH)

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The basis for establishing the biogeographical regions (in 6 or 12 classes) were the homogeneous surfaces of the river basins, where relevant and adequately extensive species...

Last updated: March 2, 2004
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- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- nature-conservation
- flora-biology
- fauna
- bio-geographical-regions
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Inventory of quaking bogs

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The inventory of quaking bogs in Switzerland contains discovered primary quaking bogs of a specific minimum size with transition and raised bog characteristics (83 bogs). This...

Last updated: January 1, 1990
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- inventory
- bryophyte
- bog
- species-distribution
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Federal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Sites of National Importance - Stationary Objects

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

There are currently 19 different amphibian species that live in Switzerland, and nearly all of them are included in the Red List of Threatened Species. The areas that contain...

Last updated: November 1, 2017
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Forest ecoregions

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

The map shows the Forest Ecoregions. They differ in terms of climatic factors, forest vegetation and altitudinal vegetation belts. The southernmost tip of Ticino is considered to...

Last updated: June 3, 2020
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- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- wood
- forest-resource
- forest-ecology
- 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
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- protected-sites
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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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- e-geoch
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- migratory-bird
- environment
- waterfowl
- habitats-and-biotopes
- protected-sites
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Distribution of ibex colonies

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

After being resettled in 1906, Alpine (Capra) ibex live in colonies of varying sizes throughout the Alpine region and in the Jura mountains. Because the growth of stocks in...

Last updated: March 31, 2021
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- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
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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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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- air-pollutant
- atmospheric-conditions
- human-health-and-safety
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- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
Air pollution by particulate matter PM2.5

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

"Particulate matter" (PM2.5) refers to particles less than 2.5 micrometres in diameter. These particles are formed during industrial and commercial production processes, combustion...

Last updated: January 1, 2025
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- atmospheric-conditions
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- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
Air pollution by sulfur dioxide

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Higher concentrations of sulfur dioxide (SO₂) can have especially negative effects on the respiratory tract; asthmatics and people with chronic respiratory diseases are...

Last updated: January 1, 2025
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