Conveners
Short Portrait of WSL
- Gottardo Pestalozzi (WSL)
Description
WSL is a research institute of the Swiss Confederation. As part of an ETH Domain research institute, the Confederation requires the WSL to provide cutting-edge research and social benefits, particularly for Switzerland. One of the WSL's important national functions is to conduct the Swiss National Forest Inventory (NFI) and long-term forest ecosystem monitoring (LWF). WSL is particularly active in applied research, but basic research is also among its duties. SLF employees develop tools and guidelines for authorities, industry and the public in order to offer them support in natural hazard risk management and in the analysis of climatic and environmental changes.
Research for People and the Environment:
- WSL explores the dynamics of the terrestrial environment and the use and protection of natural habitats and cultural landscapes
- WSL monitors forests, landscapes, biodiversity, natural hazards and snow and ice
- WSL develops sustainable solutions for socially relevant issues - together with its partners from science and society
