Biodiversity: Geodata

Available geodata at the FOEN on the topic of biodiversity: Federal inventories, Protection areas, Fauna, Flora, Fish and fisheries, Habitats

Federal inventories

Floodplains

Data status 2017 (ZIP, 6.50 MB, 19.02.2018)

Amphibienlaichgebiete

Data status 2018 (ZIP, 4 MB, 16.01.2018)

Water & migrant bird reserves

Data status 2023

Raisedd bogs

Data status 2017 (ZIP, 11 MB, 07.12.2017)

Fens

Data status 2021(ZIP, 24 MB, 01.01.2021)

Mire landscapes

Data status 2018 (ZIP, 1 MB, 09.01.2018)

Dry grasslands (DGS)

Data status 2021 (ZIP, 42.8 MB, 01.01.2021)

Swiss game reserves

Data status 2023 (ZIP, 3 MB, 15.06.2023)

Alpine Floodplains outside of the federal inventary

Data status 2019 (ZIP, 3 MB, 04.07.2019)

Floodplains outside of the federal inventary

Data status 2017 (ZIP, 2MB, 04.02.2019)

Fens of regional importance
Upon request to the Species, Ecosystems, Landscapes Division

Protection areas

Ramsar sites in Switzerland

Data status 2011 (ZIP, 1 MB, 16.07.2018)

Emerald sites

Data status 2009 (ZIP, 1 MB, 16.07.2018)

Fauna

Ibex colonies

Data status 2015 (ZIP, 3 MB, 17.07.2018)

REN (Nationales ökologisches Netzwerk, 1:100'000)

Data status 2011 (ZIP, 600 MB, 18.07.2018)

REN (Nationales ökologisches Netzwerk, vereinfachte Darstellung, 500'000) (ZIP, 201 MB, 26.01.2016)Data status 2011

Wildlife network system

Data status 2013 (ZIP, 2 MB, 19.06.2023)

Interregional wildlife corridor

Data status 2023 (ZIP, 2 MB, 19.06.2023)

Beavers
Upon request to the Species, Ecosystems, Landscapes Division

Flora

Quaking bogs

Data status 2008 (ZIP, 840 kB, 23.07.2018)

Auen Vegetationskarte

Data status 2020 (ZIP, 22 MB, 28.05.2020)

Potentialkarten invasiver gebietsfremder Arten (ZIP, 527 MB, 29.04.2016)Datenstand 2015

Shallow water zones
Upon request to the Species, Ecosystems, Landscapes Division

Fish and fisheries

Grayling population

Data status 2011 (ZIP, 4 MB, 26.07.2018)

Nasenlaichplätze

Data status 2006 (ZIP, 746 kB, 27.07.2018)

Crayfish plague

Data status 2011 (ZIP, 837kB, 27.07.2018)

PKD (proliferative kidney disease)

Data status 2014 (ZIP, 787kB, 27.07.2018)

FISTAT: fischereiliche Statistik (ZIP, 3 MB, 26.01.2016)Data status 2005

Habitats

• Fliessgewässerabschnitte mit hoher Artenvielfalt oder national prioritären Arten (ZIP, 248 MB, 20.12.2013)Data status 2013

Habitat Map of Switzerland

Data status 2022

Others

Amphibian migration conflicting with traffic

Data status 2021

Alpine pastures protected by herding dogs

Data status 2023

Biogeographical regions

Data status 2020 (ZIP, 3MB, 01.09.2020)

Further information

Links

Topic Biodiversity

Web-GIS of the FOEN

Geoportal of the Swiss Confederation: Geodata - digital information for Switzerland

Law

Geoinformation Act (GeoIA)

Geoinformationsverordnung (GeoIV)

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