Swiss voters have cast the final ballots on a proposal to increase protections for the Alpine country's cherished plant and ...

Swiss voters are casting final ballots on Sunday on a proposal to increase protections for the Alpine country's cherished ...

Voters in Switzerland on Sunday rejected a proposal to make authorities do more to protect natural habitats from pollution and development, preliminary results of a referendum showed.

Swiss voters rejected a proposal to enhance protection of natural habitats from pollution and development. The 'biodiversity initiative' aimed to set aside more land for conservation, but over 60% ...

Voters in Switzerland have voted "no" to measures on biodiversity preservation and pension reforms, according to official ...

More than 63 per cent of voters rejected initiative that aimed to boost public funding to encourage farmers to let the wild ...

But some of this biological diversity is under threat, warns the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment. The “biodiversity initiative”, proposed by nature and environmental groups ...

Julie worked as a radio reporter for BBC and independent radio all over the UK before joining swissinfo.ch's predecessor, Swiss Radio International, as a producer. After attending film school ...

On 22 September 2024, the Swiss will vote on two popular initiatives. The first is the biodiversity initiative “For the future of our nature and our landscape”. The second is on a plan to reform ...

In Switzerland, only 13.4% of the territory is dedicated to biodiversity protection, falling short of the 17% target set for 2020 under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Swiss ...