Organisations exist and act on local, cantonal, federal and international scales. Environmental non-governmental organisations vary widely in political views and in the way they seek to influence environmental behaviours and policies.
In 1967, the Federal Act on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage introduced notably the right of appeal of environmental organizations ("entitlement to appeal", article 12) which gives all Swiss organizations concerned with nature protection the right to raise general objections or to file appeals against some projects.[9][10] The right of environmental organizations to appeal was later also included in the Federal Act on the Protection of the Environment (1985, article 55[11]) and the Federal Act on Non-Human Gene Technology (2004, article 28[12]).[10]
Federal popular initiative "for the protection of marsh" ("Rothenthurm initiative"), accepted by 57.8 per cent of voters on 6 December 1987. For the protection of wetlands.[16]
Federal popular initiative "stop the construction of nuclear power plants (moratorium)", accepted by 54.5 per cent of voters on 23 September 1990. For a ten-year moratorium on the construction of new nuclear plants.[17]
Federal popular initiative "for the protection of alpine areas against transit traffic" ("Alps initiative"), accepted by 51.9 per cent of voters on 20 February 1994. To protect the Alpine environment from the negative impact of traffic (see also Gotthard Base Tunnel).[18]
Federal popular initiative "to end the invasive construction of second homes" ("Franz Weber initiative"), accepted by 50.6 per cent of voters on 12 March 2012. To reduce urban sprawl by limiting the number of second homes (with a quota of twenty per cent per commune).[20]
^ Stephanie Summermatter: Protection of nature in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. (Page visited on 27 September 2016).
^ Alexis Schwarzenbach: WWF in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. (Page visited on 27 September 2016).
^ a b c d e f gSébastien Roux and Cyprien Caddeo (25 October 2019). "La galaxie verte qui a porté la vague". Le Temps (in French). Retrieved 25 October 2019..
^ Andrea Weibel: Greenpeace in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. (Page visited on 27 September 2016).
^Thibault Nieuwe Weme (12 April 2022). "Les Grands-Parents pour le climat, en lutte " pour les petits-enfants du monde entier "". Le Temps (in French). Retrieved 17 April 2022..
^(in French)RTS Info, "Une association citoyenne lance une initiative pour préserver le climat", Radio télévision suisse, 25 August 2018 (page visited on 25 August 2018).
^ a b Ruedi Brassel-Moser: Greens in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. (Page visited on 27 September 2016).
^Federal Act on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage of 1 July 1966, status as of 12 October 2014, Federal Chancellery of Switzerland (page visited on 4 October 2016).
^Federal Act on the Protection of the Environment of 7 October 1983, status as of 1 August 2016, Federal Chancellery of Switzerland (page visited on 4 October 2016).
^Federal Act on Non-Human Gene Technology of 21 March 2003, status as of 1 June 2014, Federal Chancellery of Switzerland (page visited on 4 October 2016).
^(in French) Michel Guillaume, "L'économie Suisse prompt de verdict", Le Temps, Monday 26 September 2016, page 4. This article only shows the results of three vocations: the Rothenthurm initiative, the Alps initiative and the Franz Weber initiative.
^(in French) Initiative Populaire fédérale 'pour la protection des Marais - Initiative de Rothenturm', Federal Chancellery of Switzerland (page visited on 27 September 2016).
^(in French) Initiative Populaire fédérale 'Halte à la construction de centrales nucléares (moratoria)', Federal Chancellery of Switzerland (page visited on 27 September 2016).
^(in French) Initiative Populaire fédérale 'pour la protection des régions alpines contre le Trafic de transit', Federal Chancellery of Switzerland (page visited on 27 September 2016).
^(in French) Initiative Populaire fédérale 'pour des aliments Produits sans manipulations génétiques', Federal Chancellery of Switzerland (page visited on 27 September 2016).
^(in French) Initiative Populaire fédérale 'pour en finir avec les constructions envahissantes de résidesecondariesires', Federal Chancellery of Switzerland (page visited on 27 September 2016).
Sources
(in French) Peter Knoepfel, Stéphane Nahrath, Jérôme Savary and Frédéric Varone, Analyse des politiques suisses de l’environnement, 2010 (ISBN 9783725309177).