Agriculture and Forestry
C Högger: Nematodes, Earthworms, Slugs and Snails, Department of Forest Sciences ETH Zurich, PRIMALP - Sustainable Primary Production in the Al, SFSO - Agriculture and Forestry, Swiss Node
Alpine Environment
CLEAR - Climate and Environment in Alpine Regions, Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn Region, Primalp, Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Res, The Alpine Landscape of Grindelwald
Fauna
CSCF - Swiss Center of Cartography of the Fauna, Swiss Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Programme, Swiss Ornithological Institute, Swiss Wildlife Information Service
Natural Hazards
CENAT - Natural Hazards Competence Centre, PLANAT - Swiss National Platform Natural Hazards
Deep Heat Mining
Project to obtain power and heat generation from deep enhanced geothermal systems. About hot dry rock technology and the project, including photos, maps, and diagrams.
Federal Office for Water and Geology
Federal government agency active in the fields of water power, flood protection, hydrology, and geology. Overview of available hydro- and geological data.
Institut for Solar Technology SPF
A research and testing institute for thermal solar energy. Main specialties: collectors, systems, materials and software to calculate and optimize collector system properties. [German, English, French, Spanish, Italian]
Natural Radioactivity in Switzerland
Construction of radioelement and dose-rate baseline maps by combining ground and airborne radiometric data. [PDF]
Redpuma Event Map: Earthquakes in Switzerland
Seismographic map with events in the last 4 weeks by the Swiss Seismographic Institute.
Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Land
Federal government agency responsible in the field. Features current projects, reports, and coordination activity.
Swiss Clearing-House Mechanism Biodiversity
National information platform for the application of the Convention on Biological Diversity of Rio 1992. After an overview of the situation in Switzerland, the national action plan is presented, along with current events and activities. Includes national monitoring reports.
Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science
National research center for water pollution control. Interdisciplinary research, services and activities of the institute.
Swiss Federal Institute WSL
Research institute focused on use, management and protection of terrestrial habitats and the management of natural hazards. The three departements are landscape, forest and natural hazards.
Switzerland: Environmental Parameters
Report. Introduction to the regional environment: geology, climate, hydrology, natural resources, landscape, population and political structure.