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Most practices in: Switzerland (13)
Switzerland's statutory biodiversity payments compensate ~47,000 farms for maintaining over 184,000 ha of Biodiversity Promotion Areas — wildflower meadows, orchards, wetlands and …
In 2002 Swiss authorities removed about 1 km of embankments on the Thur River near Niederneunforn, letting the channel widen naturally; peer-reviewed …
A 1987 referendum (58% approval) enshrined moor protection in the Swiss constitution; ~550 raised bogs and 1,200+ fens are now safeguarded nationally. …
ETH Zurich's Crowther Lab built Restor, a free, Google Earth Engine-based platform where anyone can map, monitor and share data on restoration …
Since 1988, Zürich's Bachkonzept has systematically separated clean rainwater from sewage and reopened culverted streams, daylighting about 20 of the city's roughly …
Since 1996 Basel has paired flat-roof greening subsidies (funded by a 5% levy on canton electricity bills) with a 2010 building-code mandate, …
Vaud canton and Lavaux's wine communes launched a 2025-2027 study to co-finance repair of the 450km of dry-stone walls holding up the …
Lausanne's Plan Climat aims to raise canopy cover to 30% of its urban zone by 2040. Aerial surveys measured 20% in 2012 …
Switzerland's largest flood-protection project widens the Rhône and integrates revitalisation; a 2026 federal audit flags subsidy-control and revision risks.
In May 2026 the Bernese municipality of Muri bei Bern replaced an eight-year paper-voucher scheme with BIDI, a Hedera-blockchain token pegged 1:1 …
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