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Forest Reserves
Forest reserves are designated for the long-term protection of ecological and biological diversity in the forest. They enable the completely natural development of the forest ecosystem from both a spatial and temporal perspective (protection of processes in natural forest reserves). They also facilitate the conservation of special habitats for particular species that require targeted support (in “special forest reserves” or “reserves subject to special interventions”). Reserve perimeters can also include areas of non-forest. The authority for the establishment of forest reserves lies with the canton. They deliver data of their reserves in order to compile a national statistic. Additionally, some cantons also deliver data on forests protected through ordinance or decree (e.g. cantonal swamp forests, forests in natural parks), which are also shown. Forest reserves are defined in their protection according to the Wien Resolution 4, Appendix 2, of the Conference of the European forest ministers. This lists 3 categories of protection (1.1 no intervention, 1.2 minimal interventions, 1.3 Conservation through active management), whilst Swiss forestry uses 2 categories (natural forest reserves and special forest reserves). Special forest reserves are assigned to category 1.3, while natural forest reserves are assigned to categories 1.1 or 1.2 depending on their specific contractual arrangement. Cantonal reserves established through decree or ordinance are also categorized according to the Wien Resolution by the Canton.
Simple
- Alternate title
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Forest Reserves
- Date (Revision)
- 2026-02-24
- Identifier
- ch.bafu.waldreservate
- Status
- Completed
Point of contact
- Topic category
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- L Environment
Extent
Extent
- Description
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Switzerland
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- Maintenance and update frequency
- userDefined
- User defined maintenance frequency
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P0Y0M0DT0H0M0S
- GEMET
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environment
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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
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No restriction
Associated resource
- Title
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Forest Reserves
- Association Type
- Reference to a master resource of which this one is a part
- Language
- Deutsch
- Character encoding
- 8859 Part 1
- Subtopic Category
- L1 Environmental Protection, Noise
- Basic Geodata
- true
- Basic Geodata ID
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160.1
- 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
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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ch.bafu.waldreservate
WMS-FSDI service, layer "Forest Reserves"
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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Waldreservate
Link to description
Digital transfer options
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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RESTful API von geo.admin.ch
RESTful API from geo.admin.ch
- Statement
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Kantonale Fachstellen für Wald
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Geometric object type
- Surface
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG:2056
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- 4b9ff750-3e52-43e9-80d1-c07c59c469fd
- 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/4b9ff750-3e52-43e9-80d1-c07c59c469fd
- Date info (Creation)
- 2014-06-02T14:18:07Z
- Date info (Revision)
- 2026-06-16T12:04:32.075711Z
Metadata standard
- Title
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GM03_2
- Edition
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1.0
