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Swiss National Park
Regions and cities, 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 ...
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Diffuse dissolved phosphorus inputs into waters, modelled values
Regions and cities, Environment
Phosphorus inputs into waters represent an undesirable pollution load. Over recent decades high inputs of dissolved phosphorus have led to eutrophication of the lakes of the cen...
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Pro Natura: Nature Preserves
Regions and cities, Environment
Pro Natura sichert mit Verträgen über 770 Naturschutzgebiete in der Schweiz mit einer Gesamtfläche von rund 270 km2. Aus unterschiedlichen Gründen dürfen öffentlich nur 763 Gebi...
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Diffuse total phosphorus inputs into waters
Regions and cities, Environment
Phosphorus inputs into waters represent an undesirable pollution load. A total of some 3,400 tonnes of total phosphorus (dissolved and particulate phosphorus) enter Swiss waters...
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Assessment of the Biological Water Status: Fish
Regions and cities, Environment
Within the National Surface Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NAWA), water quality is recorded jointly by the federal and cantonal authorities at around 100 monitoring station...
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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...
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Distribution of ibex colonies
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, 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...
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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...
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Ramsar sites in Switzerland
Regions and cities, Environment
To protect wetlands, particularly as habitats for waterbirds and waders, a convention of international importance was signed in 1971 in the Iranian city of Ramsar. Switzerland r...
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Grayling population of national importance: distribution area
Regions and cities, 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...
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Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Pueraria lobata
Regions and cities, Environment
The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring ...
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Residual flow map of Switzerland: catchment
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...
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Amphibian migration conflicting with traffic
Regions and cities, Environment
Since the mid-1950s, the number of amphibians being killed on roads has increased dramatically. Every year, hundreds of thousands of amphibians cross roads in Switzerland during...
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Federal Inventory of Mire Landscapes of Particular Beauty and National Significance
Regions and cities, Environment
Mire landscapes are essentially semi-natural landscapes shaped by mires that are also home to other noteworthy natural and cultural elements. They are the last remaining habitat...
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Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Polygonum polystachyum
Regions and cities, Environment
The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring ...
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Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Impatiens glandulifera
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment
The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring ...
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Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Elodea nuttallii
Regions and cities, Environment
The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring ...
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Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Lonicera henryi
Regions and cities, Environment
The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring ...
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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...
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Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Reynoutria bohemica
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment
The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring ...
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Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Prunus serotina
Regions and cities, Environment
The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring ...
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Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Sedum spurium
Regions and cities, Environment
The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring ...
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Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Lonicera japonica
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment
The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring ...
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Percentage of stocking along rivers
Regions and cities, Environment
Vegetation performs important functions. It provides shade for rivers, thus reducing peak water temperatures. In the context of global warming, this is increasingly important. F...
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Federal Inventory of Floodplains of National Importance
Regions and cities, 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...