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.
Stéphane Losey Position: head of section Responsibilities: strategic management of protection forests (cantons FR, TI and VS); strategic management of protective structures (canton TI) Tel.: +41 58 464 86 40 E-mail:stephane.losey@bafu.admin.ch
Reto Baumann Position: deputy head of section Responsibilities: strategic management of protective structures (cantons BE, LU and VS); risk analyses (EconoMe administrator); quality assurance/prototype testing (Chair of the Federal Commission of Experts on Avalanches and Rockfalls, EKLS); avalanches Tel.:+41 58 464 78 38 E-mail:reto.baumann@bafu.admin.ch
Protective structures Specialists
Florian Denzinger Responsibilities: Mass movement warning team (InSAR and susceptibility warning): Analysis, data management and EDP systems Tel.: +41 58 467 11 09 E-mail:florian.denzinger@bafu.admin.ch
Patrizia Köpfli
Responsibilities: strategic management of protective structures (cantons AI, AR, NW, OW, SZ, SG, UR and TG); avalanches; early warning systems/monitoring; landslides; rockfalls; rockslides; Mass movement warning team (Susceptibility warning) Tel.: +41 58 469 87 21 E-mail:patrizia.koepfli@bafu.admin.ch
Bernard Loup Responsibilities: strategic management of protective structures (cantons AG, BL, BS, FR, GE, JU, NE, SH, SO, VD, ZG and ZH); early warning systems/monitoring; risk analyses (EconoMe administrator); landslides; rockfalls; rockslides Tel.:+41 58 465 50 98 E-mail:bernard.loup@bafu.admin.ch
Hugo Raetzo Responsibilities: strategic management of protective structures (cantons GL and GR);Team leader: Mass movement warning (InSAR, Susceptibility warning and mass movement in high mountains); permafrost; early warning systems/monitoring; landslides; rockfalls; rock slides Tel.:+41 58 464 16 83 E-mail:hugo.raetzo@bafu.admin.ch
Protective Forest Specialists
Kathrin Kühne
Responsibilities: strategic management of protection forests (cantons BL, BS, GE, GL, GR, JU, NE, NW, SO, UR and VD; continued development of the NaiS guidelines on sustainable development for protection forests; indicator plots Tel.: +41 58 469 87 18 E-mail:kathrin.kuehne@bafu.admin.ch
Benjamin Lange
Responsibilities: strategic management of protection forests (cantons AG, AI, AR, BE, LU, OW, SG, SH, SZ, TG, ZG and ZH; continued development of the NaiS guidelines on sustainable development for protection forests; hydrological impact of forests; SilvaProtect-CH project to record the location and properties of protection forests in Switzerland Tel.:+41 58 463 93 98 E-mail:benjamin.lange@bafu.admin.ch