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Federal Inventory of Floodplains of National Importance
Floodplains, namely natural habitats in the flood zones of watercourses, are in decline. The scientific inventory of floodplains was commissioned by the FDHA in May 1981 and compiled by vegetation research group of the Swiss Federal Institute for Foresty (now FSL). In accordance with Article 18a of the Federal Act of 1 July 1966 on the Protec-tion of Nature and Cultural Heritage (NCHA), which came into force on 1 February 1988, the Federal Council designates biotopes of national importance, assesses their situa-tion and sets conservation objectives for them. However, this occurs after the cantons have been heard. As the second federal inventory under Article 18a NCHA, in 1992 the Federal Council implemented the Federal Inventory of Floodplains with 169 floodplain sites. It has been expanded in 2001, 2003, 2007 and 2017. Between 1995 and 1997, the Inventory of Glacier Forelands and Alpine Floodplains (IGLES), a scientific inventory, developed the bases for the first expansion. Currently 326 objects are contained in the inventory and protected by law.
Simple
Identification info
- Alternate title
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Floodplains
- Date (Revision)
- 2017-11-01
- Date (Creation)
- 1992-01-01T00:00:00
- Citation identifier
- ch.bafu.bundesinventare-auen
Citation identifier
- Collective title
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Bundesinventar der Auengebiete von nationaler Bedeutung
- Status
- Under development
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
- Irregular
Appraisal AAP
- Duration of conservation
- 100
- Appraisal of archival value
- of archival value
- Reason for archiving value
- Evidence of business practice
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geocat.ch
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e-geo.ch
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official geodata
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biodiversity
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Conservation and archiving planning AAP - Confederation
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opendata.swiss
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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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- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Opendata BY: Open use. Must provide the source.
- Denominator
- 25000
- Language
- Deutsch
- Character set
- 8859 Part 1
- Topic category
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- L Environmental and Nature Protection
- L2 Nature and Landscape protection
- L1 Environmental protection, Noise
Extent
- Description
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Switzerland
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- Basic geodata identifier
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19.1
- 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)
()
- 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.bundesinventare-auen
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OGC:WMS
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WMS-FSDI service, layer "Floodplains"
- OnLine resource
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ch.bafu.bundesinventare-auen
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OGC:WMTS
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WMTS-FSDI service, layer "Floodplains"
- OnLine resource
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Geodatenmodell und Dokumentation
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WWW:LINK
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Geodatenmodell und Dokumentation
- OnLine resource
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Auen
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WWW:LINK
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Link to description
- OnLine resource
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STAC Browser
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WWW:DOWNLOAD-URL
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Download server from geo.admin.ch
- 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
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG:21781
Metadata
- Metadata language
- Deutsch
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-07-24T06:19:16.725Z
- 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
