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Environmental Protection Act (Switzerland) (EPA) Federal Act of 7 October 1983 on the Protection of the Environment (Environmental Protection Act, EPA) Federal Act on the Protection of Waters (GSchG) Federal Act on Railways Noise Abatement; Federal Law on the reduction of CO 2 emissions; Federal Law relating to Non-human Gene Technology
SR 418.0 – Swiss schools abroad Act ... SR 721.80 – Water Power Act 1916 1918 ... SR 520.1 – Civil Protection Act 1962 1994
The Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes, also known as the Water Convention, is an international environmental agreement and one of five UNECE's negotiated environmental treaties. The purpose of this convention is to improve national attempts and measures for protection and management of ...
Spatial planning in Switzerland is outlined by Article 75 of the Federal Constitution, which mandates "prudent and measured land use" and "rational land occupation".It additionally allocates roles to both the Confederation and the cantons: the Confederation is charged with establishing framework legislation and coordinating the efforts of the cantons, while also taking into account its own ...
Binders of the SR (here of international law). The Systematic Compilation of Federal Legislation (SR) (German: Systematische Sammlung des Bundesrechts, SR; French: Recueil systématique du droit fédéral, RS; Italian: Raccolta sistematica, RS) is the official compilation of all Swiss federal laws, ordinances, international and intercantonal treaties that are in force.
The Federal Office for Environmental Protection was founded in 1971. In 1989, it was merged with the Federal Office for Forests and Landscape Protection to form the Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape. In 2006, it was fused with the Federal Office for Water and Geology and renamed Federal Office for the Environment. [2] [1]
The Eawag was founded in 1936 as an advisory board of the ETH Zurich for wastewater treatment and drinking water supplies. [5] Less than ten years later this information center officially becomes the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (or EAWAG as per its German acronym) whose mission is increasingly devoted to developing integrated approaches to water management and ...
In 1967, the Federal Act on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage introduced notably the right of appeal of environmental organizations ("entitlement to appeal", article 12) which gives all Swiss organizations concerned with nature protection the right to raise general objections or to file appeals against some projects.