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SWITZERLAND · DESIGNATIONS · SCHUTZGEBIETE

Wasser- und Zugvogelreservate

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What this layer shows

Reserves for waterbirds and migratory birds of international and national importance under Art. 11 of the Hunting Act and the Waterbird and Migratory Bird Reserves Ordinance (WZVV). They protect migratory birds and the waterbirds living in Switzerland all year at their staging, wintering and breeding sites. Depending on the sub-area a hunting ban and further restrictions apply, for example on boating; the protection category is given for each sub-area.

Publisher and licence

Bundesamt für Umwelt (BAFU), opendata.swiss: freie Nutzung, Quellenangabe Pflicht

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Bundesamt für Umwelt (BAFU), opendata.swiss: freie Nutzung, Quellenangabe Pflicht

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GEOADMIN

Merestone asks this service live for the area on screen. Nothing is copied or stored beyond a short cache.

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Object number · Sub-area · Protection category · Importance

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Schutzgebiete

The protected areas the map opens with, free, across Switzerland: Emerald and Ramsar sites, the BLN, the Swiss National Park and the parks of national importance, biosphere reserves and UNESCO natural sites, the waterbird and migratory bird reserves, bathing waters and SwitzerlandMobility's hiking routes.

Federal inventories

The inventories of national importance a project is measured against: BLN, floodplains, raised bogs and fens, mire landscapes, dry grasslands and amphibian breeding sites, with the hunting-ban areas, bird reserves, forest reserves, wildlife rest zones, Emerald and Ramsar sites and Pro Natura's reserves. The basis of every environmental assessment under the NHG.

Out and about

Hiking, cycling and mountain biking with SwitzerlandMobility, and what to watch for on the way: wildlife rest zones and hunting-ban areas, pastures with livestock guardian dogs, firing danger zones and drone restrictions: with the parks, bird reserves and bathing waters.

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