54 datasets found

  • Ramsar sites in Switzerland

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    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 ratified...

    Last updated: February 2, 2005

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    • WMTS
    • API
    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • e-geoch-geoportal
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • environment
    • protected-sites
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Relief shading of vegetation height model NFI

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

    Last updated: October 31, 2023

    • SERVICE
    • WMTS
    • WMS
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • fise-forest-information-system-for-europe
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • forest-resource
    • wood
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Swiss Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (SwissPRTR)

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    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 and...

    Last updated: February 29, 2024

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • e-geoch
    • official-geodata
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • source-of-pollution
    • waste-disposal
    • special-waste
    • emission-source
    • pollutant
    • waste-recycling
    • production-and-industrial-facilities
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Air pollution by sulfur dioxide

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Higher concentrations of sulfur dioxide (SO₂) can have especially negative effects on the respiratory tract; asthmatics and people with chronic respiratory diseases are...

    Last updated: January 1, 2025

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • air-pollutant
    • air
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
  • Protection forest regions NFI

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

    According to the geometry of the data set, Switzerland is divided into six areas. They represent different forest growth and protective forest conditions.

    Last updated:

    • SERVICE
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • WMS
    • API
    • RDF XML
    • official-geodata
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • wood
    • forest-resource
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Air pollution by Ozone

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Ground-level ozone has negative impacts on human health and vegetation. High levels in particular lead to irritation of the respiratory tract and lung tissue. In plants, high ozone...

    Last updated: January 1, 2025

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    • WMTS
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    • air-pollutant
    • air
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
  • Residual flow map of Switzerland: catchment

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    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....

    Last updated: January 1, 2004

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • environment
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • official-geodata
  • Ammonia Concentration

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    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...

    Last updated: August 15, 2022

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • air-pollutant
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
  • National Air Pollution Monitoring Network NABEL: stations

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The National Air Pollution Monitoring Network (NABEL) monitors air quality at 16 different locations in Switzerland. The monitoring stations are spread over the entire country and...

    Last updated: January 1, 2018

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • air-pollutant
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
    • official-geodata
  • Swiss residual flow maps Return flows

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    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....

    Last updated: January 1, 2004

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • environment
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • official-geodata
  • UNESCO World natural heritage

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, 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....

    Last updated: July 24, 2008

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • HTML
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • natural-heritage
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • protected-sites
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Air pollution by nitrogen dioxide

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The term "nitrogen oxides" (NOx) embraces nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) and nitrogen monoxide (NO). Nitrogen oxides form in the combustion of motor and heating fuels, especially when...

    Last updated: January 1, 2025

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • air-pollutant
    • air
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
  • Air pollution by particulate matter PM10

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    "Particulate matter" (PM10) refers to particles less than 10 micrometres in diameter. These particles are formed during industrial and commercial production processes, combustion...

    Last updated: January 1, 2025

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • air-pollutant
    • air
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
  • Air pollution by particulate matter PM2.5

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    "Particulate matter" (PM2.5) refers to particles less than 2.5 micrometres in diameter. These particles are formed during industrial and commercial production processes, combustion...

    Last updated: January 1, 2025

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • air-pollutant
    • air
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation