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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
Identification info
- Alternate title
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Forest Reserves
- Date (Revision)
- 2022-01-01
- Citation identifier
- ch.bafu.waldreservate
Citation identifier
- Collective title
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Forest Reserves
- Status
- Completed
Point of contact
Responsible party
- Organisation name
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Federal Office for the Environment / Biodiversity and Landscape Division
- Voice
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+41 58 462 93 89
Address
- Protocol
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WWW:LINK
- Role
- Point of contact
- Last Name
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BAFU BNL
- Organisation Acronym
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FOEN
- Maintenance and update frequency
- userDefined
- User defined maintenance frequency
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P2Y0M0DT0H0M0S
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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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- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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No restriction
- Language
- Deutsch
- Character set
- 8859 Part 1
- Topic category
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- L Environmental and Nature Protection
- L1 Environmental protection, Noise
Extent
- Description
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Switzerland
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- Basic geodata identifier
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160.1
- Basic geodata identifier type
- Federal
- Distribution format
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ESRI Shapefile (SHP)
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ESRI Personal Geodatabase (MDB)
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ESRI Shapefile (SHP)
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- OnLine resource
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Preview map.geo.admin.ch
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MAP:Preview
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Preview map.geo.admin.ch
- OnLine resource
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ch.bafu.waldreservate
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OGC:WMS
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WMS-FSDI service, layer "Forest Reserves"
- OnLine resource
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Waldreservate
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WWW:LINK
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Link to description
- OnLine resource
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Link to portal
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CHTOPO:specialised-geoportal
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Link to portal
- OnLine resource
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RESTful API from geo.admin.ch
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ESRI:REST
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RESTful API from geo.admin.ch
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Statement
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Kantonale Fachstellen für Wald
- Geometric object type
- Surface
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG:2056
Metadata
- Metadata language
- Deutsch
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-09-01T11:58:10.28Z
- Metadata standard name
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GM03_2
- Metadata standard version
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1.0
Metadata author
Responsible party
- Organisation name
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Federal Office for the Environment / Biodiversity and Landscape Division
- Voice
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+41 58 462 93 89
Address
- Protocol
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WWW:LINK
- Role
- Point of contact
- Last Name
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BAFU BNL
- Organisation Acronym
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FOEN
Metadata author
Legislation Information
- Country
- Switzerland
- Language
- German
- Language
- French
- Language
- Italien
- Legislation Type
- Other legal text on national level
- Internal Reference
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Anhang 1
- Alternate title
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Geoinformationsverordnung GeoIV
- Date (Creation)
- 2008-05-21
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-07-01
- Name
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SR 510.620
- Other citation details
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Liste aller Geodaten, welche über eine gesetzliche Grundlage auf Bundesebene verfügen.
