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Federal Inventory of Raised and Transition Bogs of National Importance
Raised bogs are some of the most susceptible habitats in Switzerland and are in sharp decline. Today, between 10% and 20% of the original stocks still exist. The scientific inventory of raised bogs was compiled from 1978 to 1984 by the Agricultural Division of the WSL (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research) on behalf of Pro Natura Helvetica. Under Article 18a of the Federal Act of 1 July 1966 on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage (NCHA), which came into force in 1 February 1988, the Federal Council designates the biotopes of national importance, assesses their situation and sets conservation objectives for them. However, this occurs only after the cantons have been heard. As the first federal inventory under Art. 18a NCHA, the Federal Council implemented the raised and transition bog inventory with 514 sites in 1991. It was expanded in 2003 by a second series and revised in 2007, 2017 and 2025. It now has 552 sites.
Simple
- Alternate title
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Raised bogs
- Date (Revision)
- 2025-12-01
- Date (Creation)
- 1991-01-01T00:00:00
- Identifier
- ch.bafu.bundesinventare-hochmoore
- Status
- On going
Point of contact
Spatial resolution
Equivalent scale
- Denominator
- 25000
- Topic category
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- L Environment
Extent
Extent
- Description
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Switzerland
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- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Duration of Conservation
- 100
- Appraisal of Archival Value
- A
- Reason for Archiving Value
- Evidence of business practice
- geocat.ch
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official geodata
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opendata.swiss
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Conservation and archiving planning AAP - Confederation
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e-geo.ch
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- GEMET
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environment
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- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Protected sites
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Habitats and biotopes
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- geocat.ch
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FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure
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Resource constraints
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Opendata BY: Open use. Must provide the source.
Associated resource
- Title
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Bundesinventar der Hoch- und Übergangsmoore von nationaler Bedeutung
- Association Type
- Reference to a master resource of which this one is a part
- Language
- Deutsch
- Character encoding
- 8859 Part 1
- Subtopic Category
- L2 Nature and Landscape Protection
- Subtopic Category
- L1 Environmental Protection, Noise
- Basic Geodata
- true
- Basic Geodata ID
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20.1
- Basic Geodata Legal Level
- Federal
- Distribution format
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ESRI Shapefile (SHP)
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ESRI Personal Geodatabase (MDB)
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Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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Vorschau map.geo.admin.ch
Preview map.geo.admin.ch
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- OnLine resource
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ch.bafu.bundesinventare-hochmoore
WMS-FSDI service, layer "Raised bogs"
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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ch.bafu.bundesinventare-hochmoore
WMTS-FSDI service, layer "Raised bogs"
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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Moore
Link to description
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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STAC Browser
Download server from geo.admin.ch
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- OnLine resource
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BAFU Website
Link for download
Digital transfer options
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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RESTful API von geo.admin.ch
RESTful API from geo.admin.ch
- Geometric object type
- Surface
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG:2056
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- 2ce98519-dd40-4cc1-bd95-8f4234d78492
- Language
- Deutsch
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- Français
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- Italiano
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- Rumantsch
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/api/records/2ce98519-dd40-4cc1-bd95-8f4234d78492
- Date info (Creation)
- 2011-10-12T14:51:39Z
- Date info (Revision)
- 2026-06-16T11:49:37.401333Z
Metadata standard
- Title
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GM03 2+
- Edition
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1.0
