Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Datasets from Federal Office for the Environment FOEN (353)
Modelled altitudinal vegetation belts for 2085 with dry future climate
This map shows the altitudinal vegetation belts of forest vegetation in Switzerland for the period 2070-2099 assuming a dry future climate. The following altitudinal vegetation belts only...
Altitudinal vegetation belts in Switzerland for 2085 with less dry future climate
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 vegetation belts...
Distribution of ibex colonies
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 specific colon...
Comparison of discharge and water gauge data with hazard levels
The map shows the current discharge at all the stations, as compared with flood hazard levels.
Wildlife network system
First, known wildlife corridors were recorded from existing data at the cantonal level, and potential corridors were detected by GIS and then divided into wildlife corridors of national, ...
Warning Forest Fire Danger
The FOEN's forest fire danger warning contains the general daily forest fire danger based on meteorological data and the resulting forest fire indices.
Forest fire prevention measures of the cantons
Contains the forest fire prevention measures currently in force in the cantons.
Forest mix rate NFI
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 stacks fr...
Areas of storm damage caused by “Vivian” in 1990
Federal government inventory of damage caused by “Vivian” in February 1990: database of areas of total damage in forests. Defined criteria and conditions: Area of total damage: Destroyed ...
Forest ecoregions
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 to be simil...
Water temperature of rivers and streams
The map provides an overview of current water temperatures in Switzerland's rivers.
Water availability for plants
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 evaporate wate...
Water availability in the soil (site water balance)
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. The availabi...
Interregional wildlife corridor
First, known wildlife corridors were recorded from existing data at the cantonal level, and potential corridors were detected by GIS and then divided into wildlife corridors of interregio...
Wildlife Passages of switzerland
Wildtiere nutzen verschiedenartige Teile ihres Lebensraumes im saisonalen Verlauf. Diese Ansprüche variieren von Tierart zu Tierart, genauso wie die zwischen den Lebensräumen zurückgelegt...
Economic regions NFI
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 of the data...
Bathing water quality (ods)
The assessment of bathing waters is made on the basis of hygienic quality using E.coli and intestinal enterococci. They provide indications on the effectiveness of water protection measur...