-
Natural water balance for the whole of Switzerland and important large...
Environment
The water balance includes the main components of the water cycle. The FOEN calculates the water balance for Switzerland and its large river basins every year. The water balance...
-
Grosse Hochwasserabflüsse in der Schweiz
Environment
Verzeichnis grosser Hochwasserabflüsse in schweizerischen Einzugsgebieten, zusammengestellt von der Scherrer AG im Auftrag des BAFU. Daten ab 1900, einzelne Werte von früher.
-
National priority species
Environment
This publication presents the 2025 updated list of priority species at the national level. National priority is based on both the degree of threat at the national level and Swi...
-
National priority species
Environment
Die Liste der National Prioritären Lebensräume ergänzt die Liste der National Prioritären Arten. Die Priorität ergibt sich aus dem Gefährdungsgrad sowie der Verantwortung, welch...
-
Restwassersanierung nach Art. 80 ff. GSchG
Environment
Gemäss Art. 46 Abs. 1 GSchG hat der Bund die Aufgabe, das GSchG und somit auch den Vollzug der Restwassersanierung nach Art. 80 ff. GSchG zu beaufsichtigen. Ebenso ist er gemäss...
-
Areas of silver fir
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment
There is no description for this dataset
-
National Ecological Network REN, wetland site
Regions and cities, Environment
There is no description for this dataset
-
Federal Inventory of Reserves for Waterbirds and Migratory Birds of...
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 watercourse...
-
Federal Inventory of Fens of National Importance
Regions and cities, Environment
Fens are vestiges of earlier natural and cultural landscapes and are in sharp decline. They are home to highly-adapted symbiotic communities of plants and animals that include a...
-
Federal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Sites of National Importance - Shifting Sites
Regions and cities, Environment
There is no description for this dataset
-
Reaches surveyed - cross section securing point
Regions and cities, Environment
The map shows the reaches of watercourses which are currently surveyed periodically under the leadership of the FOEN. They are usually surveyed every 10 years or after major flo...
-
Alpine Floodplains outside of the federal inventary
Regions and cities, Environment
As past of the systematic inventory of flood plains, properties that were until recently not evaluated as having national significance will also be included in the federal inven...
-
Alpine pastures protected by livestock guardian dogs
Regions and cities, Environment
The return of large predators to Switzerland has led to the use of livestock guardian dogs on our alpine pastures. Herd guards are used to protect livestock against larger preda...
-
Federal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Sites of National Importance - Shifting Sites
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 we...
-
Geochemical soil atlas of Switzerland: Cobalt
Regions and cities, Environment
Interpolierte Element-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 insges...
-
Windstorm: Gusts at return period 50 years
Regions and cities, Environment
The Windstorm Risk Maps show peak wind gusts and their dynamic pressure and the corresponding uncertainties. The maps provide a country-wide basis for the estimation of the regi...
-
Windstorm: Dynamic Pressure at return period 300 years
Regions and cities, Environment
The Windstorm Risk Maps show peak wind gusts and their dynamic pressure and the corresponding uncertainties. The maps provide a country-wide basis for the estimation of the regi...
-
Base areas (catchment areas) HADES
Regions and cities, Environment
The base areas form the lowest layer of the system of catchment areas that describe Switzerland’s hydrographical structure (Hydrological Atlas of Switzerland, HADES). As many un...
-
Geochemical soil atlas of Switzerland: Iron
Regions and cities, Environment
Interpolierte Element-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 insges...
-
Swiss residual flow maps Return flows
Regions and cities, Environment
The Federal Act of 24 January 1991 on the Protection of Water against Pollution (LPEP) and its provisions on residual flows came into force on November 1, 1992 in Kraft getreten...
-
Forest mix rate NFI
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment
Information on the degree of forest mix rate NFI is modelled using remote sensing methods. Based on the freely available Copernicus (ESA) Sentinel-1 and -2 satellite data (image...
-
Mean daily temperature high in July, period 1981-2010
Regions and cities, Environment
The daily high of the air temperature in July in the diurnal cycle (1981-2010) (for detailed explanations see «Air temperature July 1961-1990»). The resulting map has a spatial ...
-
Geochemical soil atlas of Switzerland: Molybdenum
Regions and cities, Environment
Interpolierte Element-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 insges...
-
Mean daily temperature high in July, period 2070-2099, Scenario RCP 8.5
Regions and cities, Environment
Mean daily temperature high in July (period 2070-2099). The temperature increase of the climate scenario was added to the map «Air temperature July 1981-2010». Among the represe...