Forest Conservation & Forest Policy Section

Section responsibilities

• forest strategy and policy
• interlinking with other policies
• Policy implementation with the cantons (incl. programme agreements)
• Implementation of forest area conservation (incl. deforestation)
• forest and spatial planning

Map of Forest Districts (PDF, 856 kB, 03.08.2020)(in German)

Topic:

Topic Forest and timber

Personnel

Michael Husistein
Position: head of section
Responsibilities: forest strategy and policy, interlinking with other policies
Tél.: [phone]
E-Mail: [e-mail]

Olivier Schneider
Position: Deputy Section Head, coordinator for Forest Region 2
Tasks: Contact for directors of cantonal forestry services and consultant to the cantons, forestry management programme, deforestation and structure plans, special area of interest: biodiversity
Tel.: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Marc Barben
Tasks: evaluation of deforestation projects and cases with an environmental impact assessments, supervision of the implementation of forest area conservation, deforestation statistics
Tel.: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Roberto Bolgè
Position: Coordinator for Forest Region 1
Tasks: Contact for directors of cantonal forestry services and consultant to the cantons, forestry management programme, deforestation and structure plans, forest and spatial planning
Tel.: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Cristiana Maineri
Tasks: evaluation of deforestation projects and cases with an environmental impact assessments, supervision of the implementation of forest area conservation, deforestation statistics
Tel.: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Virginie Moret
Tasks: evaluation of deforestation projects and cases with an environmental impact assessments, supervision of the implementation of forest area conservation, deforestation statistics
Tel: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Alexandra Strauss
Tasks: Overseeing items of parliamentary and Federal Council business in the field of forests and timber , preparation of material for the framing and implementation of forest policy, coordination of forest reporting
Tel: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Giorgio Walther
Position: Coordinator of the Forest Region 4
Tasks: Contact for directors of cantonal forestry services and consultant to the cantons, forestry management programme, deforestation and structure plans, special areas of interest: forest conservation, forest-game and infrastructure
Tel.: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Erica Zimmermann
Position: Coordinator of the Forest Region 3
Tasks: Contact for directors of cantonal forestry services and consultant to the cantons, forestry management programme, deforestation and structure plans
Tel.: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Last modification 03.08.2020