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.

241 datasets found

  • Emerald sites

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Emerald Network is a Europeanwide network that seeks to protect endangered animal and plant species and natural habitats listed in the Bern Convention. To obtain Emerald...

    Last updated: September 17, 2009

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    • biotope
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Bathing water quality

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Assessment of bathing water quality is carried out on the basis of cantonal water monitoring data relating to the hygienic parameters E. coli and intestinal enterococci (faecal...

    Last updated: January 1, 2014

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    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • API
    • RDF XML
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • gewiss
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Paulownia tomentosa

    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

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    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Water status monitoring stations CH

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The data set represents the monitoring stations where the water status is recorded. The cantons are responsible for water protection enforcement, as they are for other...

    Last updated: March 1, 2013

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    • 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

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • phosphorus
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • water-geographic
  • “Aquaprotect” areas of flooding: 250-year recurrence period

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The areas of flooding included in “Aquaprotect” take the form of a rough overview (prepared with the aid of basic methods) of areas of Switzerland that are susceptible to damage...

    Last updated: December 18, 2008

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    • WMTS
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    • natural-risk-analysis
    • natural-risk
    • natural-hazard
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Determination and modelling of the upper timberline for the standard periods 1961–1990 and 1981–2010, and the future period 2070–2099

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    This map shows the natural upper timberline (excluding anthropogenic influences and without considering shrub forest) modelled for the periods 1961–1990, 1981–2010 and 2070–2099....

    Last updated: April 1, 2022

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    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • forestry
    • storm-damage
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Viburnum rhytidophyllum

    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

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    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Amorpha fruticosa

    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

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    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Heracleum mantegazzianum

    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: May 4, 2015

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    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Rubus armeniacus

    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

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    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Solidago 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

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    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Protected areas in the civilian air navigation obstacles publication - Mirelandscapes

    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

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    • air-navigation-obstacle
    • air-navigation
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Geochemical soil atlas of Switzerland: Arsenic

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Interpolierte Arsen-Konzentrationen (mg/kg Feinerde) in den Oberböden (0–20 cm) der Schweiz. Für die Ordinary Kriging Interpolationen (1 km x 1 km) wurden Messdaten von insgesamt...

    Last updated: June 30, 2023

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • biogeochemistry
    • soil
    • nutrient-content
    • soil-chemistry
    • interpolation
    • atlas
    • toxic-metal
    • heavy-metal-load
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • confederation
    • soil-mapping
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • soil-quality
  • 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

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Sicyos angulatus

    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

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • PKD (proliferative kidney disease)

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

    The list provides information about this disease and names the bodies of water where PKD (proliferative kidney disease) had been detected in fish. The diagnosis is based on the...

    Last updated: January 20, 2014

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    • WMTS
    • WMS
    • ZIP
    • HTML
    • fish-disease
    • fauna
    • protection-of-species
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Hydrocotyle ranunculoides

    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

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Sedum stoloniferum

    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

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • NQStat low-flow statistics

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    A wide variety of parameters may be used to describe low-flow events. The FOEN Hydrology Division's low-flow statistics are based on the recommendations of the German Association...

    Last updated: January 1, 2008

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    • gewiss
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure