Art. 62 Nature Protection Act (NPA), of June 22, 1994 - Legal Remedies for Associations for the Protection of Nature and Landscape

**Article X: Nationally Significant Associations and Their Cantonal Sections**

Nationally significant associations and their cantonal sections, as well as the cantonal associations recognized by the State Council, which, according to their statutes, are dedicated to the protection of nature and the landscape or similar tasks purely based on idealism, have the right to

a) oppose zoning plans intended to ensure the protection of biotopes, geological objects, or natural sites;

b) appeal against classification orders (Art. 30), decisions made regarding exemptions (Art. 35 to 38) and compensation (Art. 39 to 41), as well as all decisions made in application of the federal law on the protection of nature and the landscape.