Switzerland's statutory biodiversity payments compensate ~47,000 farms for maintaining over 184,000 ha of Biodiversity Promotion Areas — wildflower meadows, orchards, wetlands and …
Bern, Switzerland
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 32%53/100
In 2002 Swiss authorities removed about 1 km of embankments on the Thur River near Niederneunforn, letting the channel widen naturally; peer-reviewed …
Niederneunforn, Switzerland
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 32%53/100
A 1987 referendum (58% approval) enshrined moor protection in the Swiss constitution; ~550 raised bogs and 1,200+ fens are now safeguarded nationally. …
Rothenthurm, Switzerland
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 46%47/100
Since 1988, Zürich's Bachkonzept has systematically separated clean rainwater from sewage and reopened culverted streams, daylighting about 20 of the city's roughly …
Zürich, Switzerland
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 46%47/100