Wildlife conservation Section

This section

• prepares bases, concepts, action plans and enforcement aids for species protection and conservation as well as for wildlife management
  
• manages implementation and enforcement of the law on hunting and conservation of native mammals and birds
• manages the federal wildlife reserves, water and migratory bird reserves of national and international importance and programme agreements with the cantons on wildlife conservation areas
• ensures the protection and conservation of native mammals and birds and their habitats
• manages national information centres on species promotion
• manages livestock protection
• supervises sustainability in relation to hunting use
  
• manages the international conventions and international cooperation on mammal and bird conservation.

Section topics:

Topic Biodiversity

Personnel

Reinhard Schnidrig
Position: head of section, deputy head of division
Responsibilities: section management, legislative development, species promotion concepts, large carnivore management, international cooperation
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Martin Baumann
Position: deputy head of section
Responsibilities: sustainability in relation to hunting use, advice to the cantons, livestock protection
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Nicolas Bourquin
Responsibilities: Livestock protection
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Thomas Gerner
Responsibilities: undisturbed wildlife areas, animal health, animal conservation, conservation area marking
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Sabine Herzog
Responsibilities: JSG conservation areas, wildlife conservation area programme agreements, subsidies under JSG, international cooperation
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Danielle Hofmann
Responsibilities: species promotion, red lists, national information centres on species promotion, bird protection
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Claudine Winter
Responsibilities: Protection and use of mammals, hunting statistics
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Last modification 01.05.2020