June 2006
Biodiversität in der Schweiz: Vielfalt neben Armut
There is still a great biological diversity in Switzerland, especially in alpine regions. This shows the newest data on the state of the biodiversity in Switzerland published by the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN.
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October 2004
Good year for flight
The BDM has come up with initial results for day-flying butterflies. These show that there is a surprising diversity at some areas, but a frightening dearth in other areas. The summer of the century last year clearly favoured the migratory butterflies.
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May 2004
More life in the forest
The biodiversity in the forests of the canton Aargau has increased. This is one of the results of the long-term observation of the biodiversity on utilizable spaces of land in the canton Aargau (LANAG). As a programme, the LANAG shares many similarities with the biodiversity monitoring Switzerland.
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January 2004
Bird's Foot Trefoil number one in Switzerland
An interesting result from the BDM: The bird’s foot trefoil is the most common plant in Switzerland more common even than the dandelion and the red clover. This shows the Indicator «Species diversity in landscapes» (Z7).
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April 2003
Welcome butterflies!
The Swiss biodiversity-monitoring programme is growing: With the butterflies a new species group is going to be monitored this year. The evaluation of butterflies completes the indicator Z7 that to this point registered vascular plants and breeding birds but no invertebrates.
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December 2002
Extinct moss rediscovered
BDM surveyors have rediscovered an extinct species of liverwort (Sphaerocarpos texanus) in field surveys near Basel. This species, which is also rare in Germany, has been considered extinct in Switzerland for some time.
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June 2002
Species diversity surprisingly large
The first results of the Swiss biodiversity-monitoring project give us hope: Switzerland continues to have an impressive species richness. The Northern Alps, in particular, proved to be more diverse than expected. These findings must still be confirmed by additional data in coming years.
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Mai 2001
Unser biologisches Kapital
Als eines der ersten Länder weltweit wird die Schweiz ihre biologische Vielfalt systematisch überwachen. Das Bundesamt für Umwelt, Wald und Landschaft hat in Ittigen bei Bern das Programm vorgestellt: das Biodiversitäts-Monitoring. Es erlaubt erstmals verlässliche Aussagen über den Zustand und über die Entwicklung des natürlichen Reichtums in unserem Land.
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