Growing environmental concern among the population
Neuchâtel, 28.01.2020 - The share of the population who perceived the quality of the environment in Switzerland to be very good or quite good decreased: from 92% in 2015 and 2011 to 84% in 2019. While traffic noise, air pollution and radiation were increasingly found to be disturbing, the trend towards greater consumption of organic products continued. Over 50% of the population considered the loss of biodiversity, the use of pesticides and climate change to be very dangerous for humans and the environment. These are the first results from a survey on the environment, conducted by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) for the third time.
This press release and further information on this topic can be found on the FSO website (see link below)
Address for enquiries
Laurent Zecha, FSO, Environment, Sustainable Development, Territory section, tel.: +41 58 463 67 20, email: Laurent.Zecha@bfs.admin.ch
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Federal Statistical Office
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