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The year 2022 was an eventful one. At the turn of the year, we would like to take a look at the past year together with you. We have collected the most important events and developments of the year 2022 for you in the form of maps from the «Atlas of...

One of the main functions of the Swiss forest is to provide timber for use. More than 700 forestry businesses and companies and thousands of private operations manage the forest for the purpose of maintaining its functions and producing timber. Switzerland...

The terms “pet” and “domestic animal” are sometimes difficult to distinguish between they are usually used synonymously in everyday language. In scientific terms, domestic animals are animals that have been kept and domesticated by humans for specific...

The Swiss forest belongs to many different owners – around 246,000 of whom are private and 3,400 public. The private owners are split between individuals and companies, while the public ones include the Swiss federal government, individual cantons, political...

The first skis were manufactured in Switzerland in around 1900, mostly by carpenters and wainwrights (such as the ski brands Alpstein, Säntis, and Toggenburg). Over the course of the last 100 years, more than 95 wainwrights began producing skis. Around...