Biodiversity Policy Section

This section

• manages the implementation and development of a coherent federal biodiversity policy
• manages the SBS Action Plan and oversees the Swiss Biodiversity Strategy (SBS)
• is responsible for forest biodiversity and manages the forest biodiversity programme agreement
• is responsible for the topic of invasive alien species
• monitors the areas of climate change, agriculture and soil and contributes to their organisation in the context of biodiversity
• manages the international conventions and cooperation on biodiversity, particularly the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
• leads biodiversity monitoring and the indicators and reporting
• manages biodiversity education and research

Section topics:

Topic Biodiversity

Topic Landscape

Personnel

Claudio De Sassi
Position: head of section
Responsibilities: forest biodiversity, forest reserves, monitoring, research, international cooperation
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Lea Amacher
Responsibilities: non-native species, biodiversity and climate change
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Jean-Michel Gardaz
Responsibilities: SBS Action Plan impact analysis, principles and strategy, education and research, data, monitoring
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Franziska Humair
Responsibilities: SBS Action Plan management, international cooperation, communication
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Gian-Reto Walther
Responsibilities: non-native species, biodiversity and climate change, international cooperation, research
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Last modification 06.04.2022