Published on 5 December 2014

Landscape: 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)

• Ordinance on the Federal Inventory of Landscapes and Natural Monuments (VBLN)

• Federal Act on the Swiss National Park in the Canton of Grisons

• Parks Ordinance (ParkO)

• Bundesgesetz über Fuss- und Wanderwege

• Verordnung über Fuss- und Wanderwege (FWV)

• Seilbahngesetz (SebG)

• Seilbahnverordnung (SebV)

Classified compilation: Federal law

• 45 Natur- und Heimatschutz

Classified compilation: International law

• 0.45 Natur- und Heimatschutz

European legislation

• Europäisches Landschaftsübereinkommen

• EU legislation: Protection of nature and biodiversity

Aids to enforcement