Nighttime road traffic noise exposure

Geography, Territory and environment

The map shows the nighttime road traffic noise to which the population is exposed. The data is based on area-wide model calculations (sonBASE). Switzerland's entire road network...

Daytime railway noise exposure

Geography, Territory and environment

The map shows the daytime railway noise to which the population is exposed. The noise calculation is based on the real emissions of the year 2015. This emissions were calculated...

Daytime road traffic noise exposure

Geography, Territory and environment

The map shows the daytime road traffic noise to which the population is exposed. The data is based on area-wide model calculations (sonBASE). Switzerland's entire road network, ...

Nighttime railway noise exposure

Geography, Territory and environment

The map shows the nighttime railway noise to which the population is exposed. The noise calculation is based on the real emissions of the year 2015. This emissions were calculat...

Federal Inventory of Reserves for Waterbirds and Migratory Birds of internati...

Geography, Territory and 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 Amphibian Spawning Sites of National Importance - Shifti...

Geography, Territory and 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...

Federal Inventory of Floodplains of National Importance

Geography, Territory and 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...

Federal Inventory of Floodplains of National Importance - Appendix 2

Geography, Territory and 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...

Federal Inventory of Raised and Transition Bogs of National Importance

Geography, Territory and 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...

Swiss National Park

Geography, Territory and 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 ...

Federal Inventory of Landscapes and Natural Monuments

Geography, Territory and 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...

Mapping of Floodplains of National Importance

Agriculture, forestry, Geography, Territory and environment

In order to give cantons the option of taking the protection of floodplains of probable national importance into their own hands as quickly as possible, the Swiss Agency for the...

Distribution of ibex colonies

Agriculture, forestry, Geography, Territory and 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 spec...

Grayling population of national importance: larva habitats

Geography, Territory and environment

The data on grayling populations of national importance includes four subproducts; the larva habitats layer includes the areas in which larva were monitored. The core data come ...

Nase spawning grounds 1995 - 2004

Geography, Territory and environment

The data includes the coordinates of spawning grounds in Switzerland (around 100 sites) as well as the average number of breeding animals (10-year average). The FOEN conducted a...

Swiss National Park and parks of national importance (Zones)

Geography, Territory and environment

The dataset contains the protected area of the ‘Swiss National Park’, which is protected in accordance with the National Park Act of 19 December 1980 (SR454) as well as park pro...

Swiss National Park and parks of national importance (Perimeter)

Geography, Territory and environment

The dataset contains the protected area of the ‘Swiss National Park’, which is protected in accordance with the National Park Act of 19 December 1980 (SR454) as well as park pro...

Ramsar sites in Switzerland

Geography, Territory and 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...

National Long-Term Surveillance of Swiss Rivers

Geography, Territory and environment

The National River Monitoring and Survey Programme (NADUF) tracks the concentrations of substances occurring in selected Swiss watercourses. NADUF, launched in 1972, is a projec...

Inventory of quaking bogs

Geography, Territory and 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...

Map of seismic subsoil categories according to the standard SIA 261

Geography, Territory and environment

Subsoil classes are one of the parameter required to determine the earthquake loads on a structure according to the standard SIA 261. Standard SIA 261 defines six subsoilclasses...

Biogeographical regions of Switzerland (CH)

Geography, Territory and 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 in...

Water status monitoring stations CH

Geography, Territory and 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 environme...

Grayling population of national importance: distribution area

Geography, Territory and environment

The data on grayling populations of national im-portance includes four subproducts; the distribution area layer includes the sections of watercourses with 20 major grayling popu...

Grayling population of national importance: spawning grounds

Geography, Territory and environment

The data on grayling populations of national importance includes four sub-products; the spawning grounds layer includes the areas in which natural reproduction occurs. The core ...