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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...
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Modelled altitudinal vegetation belts for 1995
Agriculture, forestry, Geography, Territory and environment
This map shows the altitudinal belts of forest vegetation in Switzerland for the period 1981-2010. The following altitudinal vegetation belts only occur in the southern valleys:...
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Water availability for plants
Agriculture, forestry, Geography, Territory and 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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Water availability in the soil (site water balance)
Agriculture, forestry, Geography, Territory and environment
The trees often have less water available during the vegetation period. •The water supply during the vegetation period is decisive for the growth and vitality of the forests. Th...
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Forest mix rate NFI
Agriculture, forestry, Geography, Territory and 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...
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Relief shading of vegetation height model NFI
Agriculture, forestry, Geography, Territory and environment
Information on vegetation height is determined using remote sensing methods with active and passive sensors. LiDAR is an active sensor. An optical sensor, for example an aerial ...
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Vegetation height model NFI
Agriculture, forestry, Geography, Territory and environment
Information on the vegetation height is determined using remote sensing methods with active and passive sensors. LiDAR is an active sensor. An optical sensor, for example an aer...
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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...
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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...
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Production regions NFI
Agriculture, forestry, Geography, Territory and environment
According to the geometry of the data set, Switzerland is divided into five areas, namely Jura, Central Plateau, Pre-Alps, Alps, and the southern side of the Alps. They represen...
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Economic regions NFI
Agriculture, forestry, Geography, Territory and environment
Switzerland is divided into fourteen areas according to the geometry of the data set. They represent different forest growth and economic conditions and represent a refinement o...
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Protection forest regions NFI
Agriculture, forestry, Geography, Territory and environment
According to the geometry of the data set, Switzerland is divided into six areas. They represent different forest growth and protective forest conditions.
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UNESCO World natural heritage
Geography, Territory and environment
The Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (World Heritage Convention, SR 0.451.41) was signed at the UNESCO General Conference in 1972....
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Federal Inventory of Dry Grasslands of National Importance (DGS)
Geography, Territory and 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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Federal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Sites of National Importance - Statio...
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...
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Perimeters of existing spectral micro-zoning studies
Geography, Territory and 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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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