Landslides, Avalanches and Protection Forest Section

The section

• is responsible for the implementation of technical and biological measures protecting human living space against natural hazards, i.e. against avalanches, landslides, erosion, rockfall, rockslides, debris avalanches, torrents and debris flows;
• ensures that protective forests fulfil their function sustainably;
• draws up recommendations and enforcement aids for assessing and documenting natural disasters and for action planning;
• advises and supports authorities and agencies in the area of gravitative natural hazards and maintenance of protection forests.

Zuständigkeiten Schutzbauten und Gefahrengrundlagen WaG (PDF, 429 kB, 01.01.2019)

Zuständigkeiten Schutzwald (PDF, 427 kB, 01.01.2019)

Topic:

Topic Natural hazards

Personnel

Reto Baumann
Position: deputy head of section
Responsibilities: support for protective structures (cantons: BE, LU, NW, OW, SZ, UR, VS), risk analyses (EconoMe administrator), quality assurance, prototype testing (EKLS presidency), avalanches
Tel.: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Protective structures Specialists

Bernard Loup
Responsibilities: support for protective structures (cantons: AG, BL, BS, FR, GE, JU, NE, SH, SO, VD, ZG, ZH), early warning systems and monitoring, risk analyses (EconoMe administrator), landslides, rockfalls, rockslides
Tel.: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Hugo Raetzo
Responsibilities: support for protective structures (cantons: AI, AR, GL, GR, SG, TG), permafrost, early warning systems and monitoring, landslides, rockfalls, rockslides
Tel.: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Protective Forest Specialists

Benjamin Lange
Tel.: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Stéphane Losey
Responsibilities: support for protection forests (cantons: BL, BS, FR, GE, JU, NE, SH, SO, VD, VS, ZH), SilvaProtect-CH, costs of maintaining protection forests, sustainability in protection forests (NaiS)
Tel.: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Last modification 01.01.2019