Federal Inventory of Dry Grasslands of National Importance (DGS)
This federal inventory identifies and maps dry grasslands of national importance in Switzerland, habitats characterized by high species diversity shaped by traditional agricultural use. Compiled under the Federal Act on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage, it documents and assesses the most valuable sites to support statutory protection at federal level. Maintained by the Swiss Confederation (Federal Office for the Environment, FOEN), the dataset provides a nationwide record used for conservation planning, land-use decisions, and monitoring of ecologically significant grassland ecosystems.”Dry grasslands are habitats with a wide variety of species that are marked by agricultural use. In accordance with the Federal Act on Protecting Nature and Cultural Heritage, the most important areas are mapped and assessed so that greater statutory protection can be granted to them through a feder…
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Data schema (8 fields)
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| bewertungch.bafu.bundesinventare-trockenwiesen_trockenweiden.bewertung | integer | Coded assessment or rating value of the site.Coded assessment or rating value of the site. |
| objnummerNo. | integer | Official object number of the site.Official object number of the site. |
| refobjblatObjectsheet | varchar | Reference to the site's official object sheet document.Reference to the site's official object sheet document. |
| idch.bafu.bundesinventare-trockenwiesen_trockenweiden.id | integer | Unique identifier of the record.Unique identifier of the record. |
| shape_areaArea [ha] | numeric | Area of the site in hectares.Area of the site in hectares. |
| teilobjnummerSubarea-No. | varchar | Identifier of the sub-object within the site.Identifier of the sub-object within the site. |
| name | varchar | Name of the dry grassland site.Name of the dry grassland site. |
| singularitaetSingularity | varchar | Indicates whether the site is a singularity (special feature).Indicates whether the site is a singularity (special feature). |
Schema captured from arcgis 21 days ago.
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- https://api3.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/api/MapServer/ch.bafu.bundesinventare-trockenwiesen_trockenweiden
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