Biodiversity: Acts and ordinances

Legal bases on national, european and international level

Federal Constitution

Art. 78 Federal Constitution: Protection of natural and cultural heritage

Acts and ordinances

Federal Act on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage (NCHA)

Ordinance on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage (NCHO)

Federal act on Hunting and the Protection of Wild Mammals and Birds (JSG)

Ordinance on Hunting and the Protection of Wild Mammals and Birds (JSV)

Federal Act on Fisheries (BGF)

Ordinance concerning the Federal Act on Fisheries (VBGF)

Ordinance on the Protection of Raised and Transition Bogs of National Importance

Ordinance on the Protection of Fens of National Importance

Ordinance on the Protection of Mire Landscapes of Particular Beauty and National Importance

Artenschutzverordnung (ASchV)

Trockenwiesenverordnung (TwwV)

Ordinance on the Protection of Amphibian Spawning Sites of National Importance (AlgV)

Ordinance on Federal Hunting Reserves (VEJ)

Verordnung über die Wasser- und Zugvogelreservate von internationaler und nationaler Bedeutung (WZVV)

Classified compilation: Federal law

45 Natur- und Heimatschutz

922 Jagd

923 Fischerei

Classified compilation: International law

0.45 Natur- und Heimatschutz

0.922 Jagd

0.923 Fischerei

European legislation

EU legislation: Protection of nature and biodiversity

EUR-Lex: Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

Aids to enforcement

Last modification 15.04.2015