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Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
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Press releases
Current issues
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20th Anniversary of the adoption of the Basel Convention - Hazardous waste is threatening human health and the environment globally. Much of it is being exported to other countries, often to developing nations.
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New Monte Rosa Hut SAC opens its doors - The Federal Office for the Environment FOEN is supporting the trendsetting new building of the Monte Rosa Hut as a showcase for resource and energy efficiency.
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Climate Change Forum New York - Videostatement of Moritz Leuenberger
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Hydrological data: Real time and historical data - Water levels, discharge rates and temperatures of the Swiss rivers, lakes and groundwater. Current hydrological data and prognoses can be viewed or downloaded online. You can also ask to receive the data by SMS.
Topics
- Air
- Biotechnology
- Chemicals
- Climate Change
- Contaminated Sites
- Economy
- Electrosmog
- Flora & Fauna
- Forest
- Game and Hunting
- Habitats
- Hydrology
- Instruments of environmental policy
- Landscape
- Natural Hazards
- Noise
- Soil
- Waste
- Water
Recent publications
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Micropollutants in the aquatic environment - Over the past few years a situation analysis on micropollutants in watercourses has been carried out through various research projects. This report summarises the results of these studies.
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Umweltstatistik Schweiz in der Tasche 2009 - Using key data, charts and short texts, this small brochure provides a quick overview of seventeen environmental topics.
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Welfare-Significant Environmental Indicators - A Feasability Study on providing a Statistical Basis for the Resources Policy - This feasibility study takes a closer look at an approach to record ecosystem services as Final Ecosystem Services (FES).
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The state of biodiversity in Switzerland - The publication summarises the findings of biodiversity monitoring (BDM) in Switzerland in a generally accessible way, and is illustrated with numerous graphics. BDM is a long-term programme of the FOEN to record biodiversity.
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The Ecological Scarcity Method - Eco-Factors 2006 - The publication sets out how the eco-factors are determined, reflecting, on the one hand, the current emission situation, and, on theother hand, Swiss national policy targets as well as international targets supported by Switzerland.
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Environment Switzerland 2009 - Overview of the present state of the environment.
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Noise Pollution in Switzerland - Results of the SonBase National Noise Monitoring Programme - This report summarises the main findings obtained from the SonBase noise-monitoring tool. For the first time it is possible to provide comprehensive and scientifically based data concerning the current extent of noise pollution in Switzerland.
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