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Federal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Sites of National Importance - Shifting Sites
There are currently 19 different amphibian species that live in Switzerland, and nearly all of them are included in the Red List of Threatened Species. The areas that contain wetland habitats have shrunken to less than one-tenth of their original size in the last 100 years, which is why remaining habitats must be protected. Most species prefer small still bodies of water, such as pools and ponds, for spawning. In addition to small pools and major wetland complexes, gravel and clay pits make up a large portion (approximately one-fifth of all objects) of the inventory. Due to their use, they have developed into nature-near sites that should be protected. The stationary objects are divided up into different spawning sites: Site A implies conservation sites. Site B includes narrower land habitats and buffer zones. These areas are mostly used for agriculture and forestry. Shifting spawning sites include used pits, in which the dynamic condition for conservation of future amphibian stocks should be preserved. As the fourth federal inventory under Article 18a NCHA, in 2001 the Federal Council implemented the Federal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Sites with 701 sites. The inventory was expanded in 2003, 2007, 2017 and 2025 and now contains 969 objects.
Simple
- Alternate title
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Amphibians shifting sites
- Date (Revision)
- 2025-12-01
- Date (Creation)
- 2001-01-01T00:00:00
- Identifier
- ch.bafu.bundesinventare-amphibien_wanderobjekte
- Status
- On going
Point of contact
Spatial resolution
Equivalent scale
- Denominator
- 5000
- 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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Conservation and archiving planning AAP - Confederation
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opendata.swiss
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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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Habitats and biotopes
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Protected sites
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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 Amphibienlaichgebiete 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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22.2
- 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
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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ch.bafu.bundesinventare-amphibien_wanderobjekte
WMS-FSDI service, layer "Amphibians shifting sites"
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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ch.bafu.bundesinventare-amphibien_wanderobjekte
WMTS-FSDI service, layer "Amphibians shifting sites"
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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Amphibienlaichgebiete
Link to description
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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STAC Browser
Download server from geo.admin.ch
Digital transfer options
- 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
- 36a55486-04be-4533-9936-9c05407114a1
- 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/36a55486-04be-4533-9936-9c05407114a1
- Date info (Creation)
- 2011-10-12T15:52:53Z
- Date info (Revision)
- 2026-06-16T11:50:57.456916Z
Metadata standard
- Title
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GM03 2+
- Edition
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1.0
