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Federal Inventory of Floodplains of National Importance
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 com...
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Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland, with average...
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 tonnes per hectare and month. Shades of gr...
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Areas of silver fir
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment
The map shows the areas of silver fir occurrence. In the main area, fir is naturally involved to a considerable extent in the stand development in the upper montane and high-mon...
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Federal Inventory of Hunting Ban Reserves
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 ...
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Monthly rainfall erosivity (R-factor) maps of Switzerland in MJ mm ha⁻¹ h⁻¹...
Regions and cities, Environment
<p>Monthly rainfall erosivity maps (R-factor maps) of Switzerland with a spatial resolution of 100 m. The maps show the spatial and seasonal variability of rainfall erosivity in...
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Inventory of quaking bogs
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 i...
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Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland, with average...
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 gree...
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Federal Inventory of Dry Grasslands of National Importance (DGS)
Regions and cities, Environment
Dry grasslands are habitats with a wide variety of species that are marked by agricultural use. In accordance with the Federal Act on Protecting Nature and Cultural Heritage, th...
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Forest ecoregions
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 t...
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Monthly rainfall erosivity (R-factor) maps of Switzerland in MJ mm ha⁻¹ h⁻¹...
Regions and cities, Environment
<p>Monthly rainfall erosivity maps (R-factor maps) of Switzerland with a spatial resolution of 100 m. The maps show the spatial and seasonal variability of rainfall erosivity in...
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Ammonia Concentration
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 long...
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Federal Inventory of Raised and Transition Bogs of National Importance
Regions and cities, Environment
Raised bogs are some of the most susceptible habitats in Switzerland and are in sharp decline. Today, between 10% and 20% of the original stocks still exist. The scientific inve...
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Perimeters of existing spectral micro-zoning studies
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 mode...
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Monthly rainfall erosivity (R-factor) maps of Switzerland in MJ mm ha⁻¹ h⁻¹...
Regions and cities, Environment
<p>Monthly rainfall erosivity maps (R-factor maps) of Switzerland with a spatial resolution of 100 m. The maps show the spatial and seasonal variability of rainfall erosivity in...
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Monthly rainfall erosivity (R-factor) maps of Switzerland in MJ mm ha⁻¹ h⁻¹...
Regions and cities, Environment
<p>Monthly rainfall erosivity maps (R-factor maps) of Switzerland with a spatial resolution of 100 m. The maps show the spatial and seasonal variability of rainfall erosivity in...
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Swiss National Park
Regions and cities, Environment
Switzerland’s National Park was created in 1909 through private initiatives. When the Confederation took over, it was officially created on 1 August 1914. The park was expanded ...
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Altitudinal vegetation belts in Switzerland for 2085 with less dry future climate
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 less dry future climate. The following altitudinal vegeta...
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Monthly rainfall erosivity (R-factor) maps of Switzerland in MJ mm ha⁻¹ h⁻¹...
Regions and cities, Environment
<p>Monthly rainfall erosivity maps (R-factor maps) of Switzerland with a spatial resolution of 100 m. The maps show the spatial and seasonal variability of rainfall erosivity in...
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Water availability for plants
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 evap...
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Swiss Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (SwissPRTR)
Regions and cities, Environment
SwissPRTR is the publicly accessible Swiss Pollutant Release and Transfer Register. It provides information about releases of pollutants and transfers of wastes from facilities ...
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Federal Inventory of Floodplains of National Importance - Appendix 2
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 com...
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Federal Inventory of Landscapes and Natural Monuments
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 impor...
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Hydrogeological map of Switzerland 1:100000
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 sho...
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Ramsar sites in Switzerland
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 ratif...
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Noise pollution register for railway systems – railway noise, actual daytime...
Regions and cities, Environment
The authoritative railway noise pollution values are defined in the noise pollution register. Both emission and immission values are shown. The actual immissions Lr,e in [dB(A)]...