Dr. Hanspeter Liniger

Associated Senior Research Scientist

Sustainable Land Systems Impact Area

Phone
+41 31 684 88 45
E-Mail
hanspeter.liniger@unibe.ch
Office
243
Postal Address
Dr. Hanspeter Liniger
Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
University of Bern
Mittelstrasse 43
CH-3012 Bern

Areas of professional focus at CDE

  • Director of the global network and initiative called World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies WOCAT
  • Professional focus on evaluation and dissemination of sustainable land management (SLM) including decision support for up-scaling SLM, local and regional impacts of SLM, dryland and watershed management, erosion risk mapping and effectiveness of conservation practices, teaching and supervision of students and training of professionals

​Projects

Further professional interests

  • Photography and video documentation of SLM practices by innovative land users

Field experience

  • Over 10 years of field experience in Kenya in water conservation and watershed management
  • Field visits and conducting training courses on documentation, evaluation and dissemination of SLM together with local partner organizations in Central Asia, Mongolia, China, Africa, Mediterranean countries, and Switzerland

Languages

German, English, French, Kiswahili (basic spoken)

 

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2023

Tim, Sophea; Providoli, Isabelle; Sien, Teamhy; Yim, Soksophors; Kim, Soben; Liniger, Hanspeter (2023). Strengthening climate resilience of rural communities by co-producing landscape-specific integrated farming systems in Cambodia. Journal of land use science, 18(1), pp. 152-175. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/1747423X.2023.2190740

2022

Bircher, P.; Liniger, H. P.; Prasuhn, V. (2022). Comparison of long-term field-measured and RUSLE-based modelled soil loss in Switzerland. Geoderma Regional, 31, e00595. Elsevier 10.1016/j.geodrs.2022.e00595

2021

Bircher, P.; Liniger, H. P.; Kupferschmied, P.; Prasuhn, V. (2021). Tools for USLE-CP-factor calculation and actual erosion risk on field block level for Switzerland. MethodsX, 8, p. 101569. Elsevier 10.1016/j.mex.2021.101569

Providoli, Isabelle; Tim, Sophea; Harari, Nicole; Liniger, Hanspeter; Herweg, Karl (8 June 2021). Enhancing capacities of the young generation in Cambodia - Addressing issues of food insecurity, land degradation, climate change and disaster risk through Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) (Unpublished). In: Webinar of SDC thematic networks: Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction and the Role of Education. online. 08 June 2021.

Zucca, Claudio; Middleton, Nick; Kang, Utchang; Liniger, Hanspeter (2021). Shrinking water bodies as hotspots of sand and dust storms: The role of land degradation and sustainable soil and water management. Catena, 207(105669), p. 105669. Elsevier 10.1016/j.catena.2021.105669

2020

Providoli, Isabelle; Tim, Sophea; Harari, Nicole; Herweg, Karl; Liniger, Hanspeter (October 2020). Bringing Sustainability Science to Cambodia - Enabling Transformative Learning and Education through Joint Development of a Curriculum on Sustainable Development (Unpublished). In: 7th Responsible Management Education Research Conference. School of Applied Sciences. Graubünden, Switzerland. 19-21 October.

Tim, Sophea; Harari, Nicole; Herweg, Karl; Liniger, Hanspeter; Providoli, Isabelle (September 2020). Bringing Sustainability Science to Cambodia - Enabling Transformative Learning and Education through Joint Development of a Curriculum on Sustainable Development (Unpublished). In: Higher Education Summit 2020. Bern, Switzerland. 31 August - 02 September 2020.

Piemontese, Luigi; Castelli, Giulio; Fetzer, Ingo; Barron, Jennie; Liniger, Hanspeter; Harari, Nicole; Bresci, Elena; Jaramillo, Fernando (2020). Estimating the global potential of water harvesting from successful case studies. Global environmental change, 63, p. 102121. Elsevier 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102121

Bircher, Pascal; Liniger, Hanspeter; Prasuhn, Volker (2020). Berechnung des aktuellen Erosionsrisikos für das Ackerland einzelner Feldblöcke. Anwendung des CP-Faktors auf die neue Karte des potentiellen Erosionsrisikos ERK2 (2019). [Software & Other Digital Items]

Jendoubi, Donia; Hossain, Md Sarwar; Giger, Markus; Tomićević-Dubljević, Jelena; Ouessar, Mohamed; Liniger, Hanspeter; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2020). Local livelihoods and land users’ perceptions of land degradation in northwest Tunisia. Environmental development, 33, p. 100507. Elsevier 10.1016/j.envdev.2020.100507

Providoli, Isabelle; Herweg, Karl; Liniger, Hanspeter; Harari, Nicole; Jaquet, Stéphanie; Tim, Sophea; Soben, Kim (2020). Teaching Manual for for Bachelor’s and Master’s courses on Sustainable Development and Sustainable Land Management at the Royal University of Cambodia. Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern, with Bern Open Publishing (BOP)

2019

Bircher, Pascal; Liniger, Hanspeter; Prasuhn, Volker (2019). Aktualisierung und Optimierung der Erosionsrisikokarte (ERK2): Die neue ERK2 (2019) für das Ackerland der Schweiz : Schlussbericht Bern: Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft

Bircher, Pascal; Liniger, Hanspeter; Prasuhn, Volker (2019). Comparing different multiple flow algorithms to calculate RUSLE factors of slope length (L) and slope steepness (S) in Switzerland. Geomorphology, 346, p. 106850. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.106850

Jendoubi, Donia; Hodel, Elias; Liniger, Hanspeter; Subhatu, Alemtsehay Teklay (2019). Land degradation assessment using landscape unit approach and normalized difference vegetation index in Northwest of Tunisia. Journal of mediterranean ecology, 17, pp. 3-13. Firma Effe Publisher

Liniger, Hanspeter; Harari, Nicole; van Lynden, Godert; Fleiner, Renate; de Leeuw, Jan; Bai, Zhanguo; Critchley, William (2019). Achieving land degradation neutrality: The role of SLM knowledge in evidence-based decision-making. Environmental science & policy, 94, pp. 123-134. Elsevier 10.1016/j.envsci.2019.01.001

van Haren, Nathalie; Fleiner, Renate; Liniger, Hanspeter; Harari, Nicole (2019). Contribution of community-based initiatives to the sustainable development goal of Land Degradation Neutrality. Environmental science & policy, 94, pp. 211-219. Elsevier 10.1016/j.envsci.2018.12.017

Gonzalez-Roglich, Mariano; Zvoleff, Alex; Noon, Monica; Liniger, Hanspeter; Fleiner, Renate; Harari, Nicole; Garcia, Cesar (2019). Synergizing global tools to monitor progress towards land degradation neutrality: Trends.Earth and the World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies sustainable land management database. Environmental science & policy, 93, pp. 34-42. Elsevier 10.1016/j.envsci.2018.12.019

García, César Luis; Teich, Ingrid; Gonzalez-Roglich, Mariano; Kindgard, Adolfo Federico; Ravelo, Andrés Carlos; Liniger, Hanspeter (2019). Land degradation assessment in the Argentinean Puna: Comparing expert knowledge with satellite-derived information. Environmental science & policy, 91, pp. 70-80. Elsevier 10.1016/j.envsci.2018.10.018

Liniger, Hanspeter; Mekdaschi, Rima (2019). Sustainable rangeland management in Sub-Saharan Africa-Guidelines to good practice (conference edition). Washington D.C., USA; Bern, Switzerland: World Bank Group (WBG) and Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern

Bircher, Pascal; Liniger, Hanspeter; Prasuhn, Volker (2019). Erosion risk map for arable land, with average soil erosion in tonnes /(ha*year) (Federal Office for Agriculture) [Map]. In: Erosionsrisikokarte des Ackerlandes, mittlerer Bodenabtrag in Tonnen/(ha*Jahr) (Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft). Bern: Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft

Bircher, Pascal; Liniger, Hanspeter; Prasuhn, Volker (2019). Erosion risk map for arable land – qualitative classification (Federal Office for Agriculture) [Map]. In: Erosionsrisikokarte des Ackerlandes, qualitative Einstufung (Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft). Bern: Bundesamt für Landwirschaft

Bircher, Pascal; Liniger, Hanspeter; Prasuhn, Volker (2019). Flow-path map for erosion risk (Federal Office for Agriculture) [Map]. In: Fliesswegkarte zum Erosionsrisiko (Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft). Bern: Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft

Bircher, Pascal; Liniger, Hanspeter; Prasuhn, Volker (2019). Field block map for erosion risk (Federal Office for Agriculture) [Map]. In: Feldblockkarte zum Erosionsrisiko (Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft). Bern: Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft

Jendoubi, Donia; Liniger, Hanspeter; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2019). Impacts of land use and topography on soil organic carbon in a Mediterranean landscape (north-western Tunisia). SOIL, 5(2), pp. 239-251. Copernicus 10.5194/soil-5-239-2019

2018

Lanari, Nora; Schuler, Roland; Kohler, Thomas; Liniger, Hanspeter (2018). The Impact of Commercial Horticulture on River Water Resources in the Upper Ewaso Ng'iro Basin, Kenya. Mountain Research and Development, 38(2), pp. 114-124. International Mountain Society 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-16-00135

Jucker Riva, Matteo; Baeza, Jaime; Bautista, Susana; Christoforou, Michalakis; Daliakopoulos, Ioannis N.; Hadjimitsis, Diofantos; Keizer, Jan Jacob; Liniger, Hanspeter; Quaranta, Giovanni; Ribeiro, Cristina; Salvia, Rosanna; Tsanis, Ioannis K.; Urgeghe, Anna M.; Valdecantos, Alejandro; Schwilch, Gudrun (2018). How does land management contribute to the resilience of Mediterranean forests and rangelands? A participatory assessment. Land degradation & development, 29(10), pp. 3721-3735. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 10.1002/ldr.3104

Jendoubi, Donia; Liniger, Hanspeter; Karbout, Nissaf; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Critchley, William (2018). Effects of land use management, landscape forms and soil types on soil organic carbon in the watershed of Wadi Beja in Northwest of Tunisia (Unpublished). In: Swiss Geosciences Meeting "A habitable planet". Bern, Switzerland. 30 November - 1 December 2018.

2017

Jucker Riva, Matteo; Daliakopoulos, Ioannis N.; Eckert, Sandra; Hodel, Elias; Liniger, Hanspeter (2017). Assessment of land degradation in Mediterranean forests and grazing lands using a landscape unit approach and the normalized difference vegetation index. Applied geography, 86, pp. 8-21. Elsevier 10.1016/j.apgeog.2017.06.017

Schwilch, Gudrun; Adhikari, Anu; Jaboyedoff, Michel; Jaquet, Stéphanie; Kaenzig, Raoul; Liniger, Hanspeter; Penna, Ivanna M.; Sudmeier-Rieux, Karen; Upreti, Bishnu Raj (2017). Impacts of Outmigration on Land Management in a Nepali Mountain Area. In: Sudmeier-Rieux, Karen; Fernández, Manuela; Penna, Ivanna M.; Jaboyedoff, Michel; Gaillard, J.C. (eds.) Identifying Emerging Issues in Disaster Risk Reduction, Migration, Climate Change and Sustainable Development. Shaping Debates and Policies (pp. 177-194). Cham: Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-319-33880-4_11

Liniger, Hanspeter; Mekdaschi Studer, Rima; Moll, Peter; Zander, Ute (2017). Making sense of research for sustainable land management. Bern, Leipzig: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern and Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research GmbH – UFZ

Harari, Nicole; Gavilano, Alexandra; Liniger, Hanspeter (2017). where people and their land are safer: A Compendium of Good Practices in Disaster Risk Reduction. Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern and Swiss NGO Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Platform, with Bern Open Publishing

Jendoubi, Donia; Gara, Ahlem; Ouessar, Mohamed; Liniger, Hanspeter (2017). Trans-disciplinary approach as a decision support tool for sustainable land management. Journal of mediterranean ecology, 15, pp. 29-39. Firma Effe Publisher

Jendoubi, Donia; Hodel, Elias; Gara, Ahlem; Liniger, Hanspeter; Ouessar, Mohamed (2017). Land degradation assessment using landscape unit approach and normalized difference vegetation index in Northwest of Tunisia (Unpublished). In: Journées Scientifiques de la Medjerda 2017 (JSMed 2017). L'Ecole Supérieure des Ingénieurs de l'Equipement Rural (ESIER), Medjez el Bab, Tunisia. 25-27 October 2017.

Ebneter, Laura; Krauer, Jürg; Hodel, Elias; Liniger, Hanspeter (2017). Bodenerosion bei Starkniederschlägen im Schweizer Mittelland – Ursachen und Massnahmen für die künftige Prävention von Bodenerosion durch Wasser. BGS Bulletin, 38, pp. 19-26. Elvadata AG

2016

Jucker Riva, Matteo; Liniger, Hanspeter; Valdecantos, Alejandro; Schwilch, Gudrun (2016). Impacts of land management on the resilience of mediterranean dry forests to fire. Sustainability, 8(10), p. 981. MDPI 10.3390/su8100981

Bircher, Pascal; Liniger, Hanspeter; Prasuhn, Volker (22 April 2016). Comparison of different multiple flow algorithms for topographic RUSLE factor (LS) calculation in Switzerland. In: EGU General Assembly 2016.

Mekdaschi, Rima; Providoli, Isabelle; Liniger, Hanspeter (2016). Sharing knowledge to spread sustainable land management. In: Chabay, Ilan; Frick, Martin; Helgeson, Jennifer (eds.) Land restoration: Reclaiming landscapes for a sustainable future (pp. 543-545). Cambridge, USA: Academic Press

Schmocker, Jacqueline; Liniger, Hanspeter; Ngeru, J. N.; Brugnara, Yuri; Auchmann, Renate; Brönnimann, Stefan (2016). Trends in mean and extreme precipitation in the Mount Kenya region from observations and reanalyses. International journal of climatology, 36(3), pp. 1500-1514. Wiley 10.1002/joc.4438

Schneider, Flurina; Bonriposi, Mariano; Graefe, Olivier; Herweg, Karl Günter; Homewood, Christine; Huss, Matthias; Kauzlaric, Martina Catharina; Liniger, Hanspeter; Rey, Emmanuel; Reynard, Emmanuel; Rist, Stephan; Schädler, Bruno; Weingartner, Rolf (2016). MontanAqua: Tackling Water Stress in the Alps: Water Management Options in the Crans-Montana-Sierre Region (Valais). GAIA - ökologische Perspektiven für Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft / ecological perspectives for science and society, 25(3), pp. 191-193. Oekom Verlag 10.14512/gaia.25.3.11

Jucker Riva, Matteo; Schwilch, Gudrun; Liniger, Hanspeter (2016). A method for resilience assessment in dry Mediterranean socio-ecological systems. Geophysical research abstracts, 18, p. 14306. Copernicus Publications

Liniger, Hanspeter; Jucker Riva, Matteo; Schwilch, Gudrun (2016). Analysis of NDVI variance across landscapes and seasons allows assessment of degradation and resilience to shocks in Mediterranean dry ecosystems. Geophysical research abstracts, 18, p. 14591. Copernicus Publications

Liniger, Hanspeter; Harari, Nicole; Schwilch, Gudrun; Providoli, Isabelle; Mekdaschi, Rima (2016). Upscaling SLM by proving overall benefits and improving knowledge sharing and evidence-based decision making (Unpublished). In: Global Land Project - Open Science Meeting. Beijing, China. 24.-27.10.2016.

Lanari, Nora; Liniger, Hanspeter; Kiteme, Boniface P. (2016). Commercial horticulture in Kenya: Adapting to water scarcity (CDE Policy Brief 8). Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern

2015

Jendoubi, Donia; Schwilch, Gudrun; Liniger, Hanspeter; Hurni, Hans; Ouessar, Mohamed; Hamrouni, Hedi (March 2015). Decision-support tools for assessing land degradation and realising sustainable land management in Tunisia. In: Hubert, Bernard; Broin, Melanie (eds.) UNCCD 3rd Scientific Conference. Book of Abstracts. Cancún, Mexico. 09.03.-12.03.2015.

Eckert, Sandra; Hüsler, Fabia; Liniger, Hanspeter; Hodel, Elias (2015). Trend analysis of MODIS NDVI time series for detecting land degradation and regeneration in Mongolia. Journal of Arid Environments, 113, pp. 16-28. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2014.09.001

Schneider, Flurina; Bonriposi, Mariano; Graefe, Olivier; Herweg, Karl Günter; Homewood, Christine; Huss, Matthias; Kauzlaric, Martina Catharina; Liniger, Hanspeter; Rey, Emmanuel; Reynard, Emmanuel; Rist, Stephan; Schädler, Bruno; Weingartner, Rolf (2015). Assessing the sustainability of water governance systems: the sustainability wheel. Journal of environmental planning and management, 58(9), pp. 1577-1600. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/09640568.2014.938804

Valente, Sandra; Coelho, Celeste; Ribeiro, Cristina; Liniger, Hanspeter; Schwilch, Gudrun; Figueiredo, Elisabete; Bachmann, Felicitas (2015). How much management is enough? Stakeholder views on forest management in fire-prone areas in central Portugal. Forest policy and economics, 53, pp. 1-11. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.forpol.2015.01.003

Liniger, Hanspeter; Bunning, Sally; Harari, Nicole; Mekdaschi Studer, Rima; Nachtergaele, Freddy (2015). Decision support framework for mainstreaming and scaling-up sustainable land management. In: Hubert, Bernard; Broin, Melanie (eds.) UNCCD 3rd Scientific Conference. Book of Abstracts. Cancún, Mexico. 09.03.-12.03.2015.

Liniger, Hanspeter; Harari, Nicole (2015). Innovations in using documented knowledge on SLM best practices for various stakeholders at different levels. In: Hubert, Bernard; Broin, Melanie (eds.) UNCCD 3rd Scientific Conference. Book of Abstracts. Cancún, Mexico. 09.03.-12.03.2015.

Liniger, Hanspeter; Mekdaschi Studer, Rima; Providoli, Isabelle; Gurtner, Mathias (2015). Recent advances in the development and application of tools to share and use local and scientific knowledge related to sustainable land management - the WOCAT network. In: Hubert, Bernard; Broin, Melanie (eds.) UNCCD 3rd Scientific Conference. Book of Abstracts. Cancún, Mexico. 09.03.-12.03.2015.

Jaquet, Stéphanie; Schwilch, Gudrun; Hartung-Hofmann, Fritz; Adhikari, Anu; Sudmeier-Rieux, Karen; Shrestha, Gittat; Liniger, Hanspeter; Kohler, Thomas (2015). Does outmigration lead to land degradation? Labour shortage and land management in a western Nepal watershed. Applied geography, 62, pp. 157-170. Elsevier 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.04.013

Alder, Simon; Prasuhn, Volker; Liniger, Hanspeter; Herweg, Karl Günter; Hurni, Hans; Candinas, Anton; Gujer, Hans Ulrich (2015). A high-resolution map of direct and indirect connectivity of erosion risk areas to surface waters in Switzerland: A risk assessment tool for planning and policy-making. Land use policy, 48, pp. 236-249. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.06.001

Hurni, Hans; Giger, Markus; Liniger, Hanspeter; Mekdaschi Studer, Rima; Messerli, Peter; Portner, Brigitte; Schwilch, Gudrun; Wolfgramm, Bettina; Breu, Thomas Michael (2015). Soils, agriculture and food security: The interplay between ecosystem functioning and human well-being. Current opinion in environmental sustainability, 15, pp. 25-34. Elsevier 10.1016/j.cosust.2015.07.009

Schwilch, Gudrun; Liniger, Hanspeter (2015). Saving soils at degradation frontlines: Sustainable land management in drylands (CDE Policy Brief 5). Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Giger, Markus; Liniger, Hanspeter; Sauter, Caspar; Schwilch, Gudrun (2015). Economic benefits and costs of Sustainable Land Management Technologies: An analysis of WOCAT's global data. Land degradation & development, 29(4), pp. 962-974. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 10.1002/ldr.2429

Prasuhn, Volker; Alder, Simon; Liniger, Hanspeter; Herweg, Karl Günter (2015). Gewässeranschluss erosionsgefährdeter Flächen. In: Jahrestagung der DBG: Unsere Böden - Unser Leben. München, Deutschland. 05.09.-10.09.2015.

Jendoubi, Donia; Schwilch, Gudrun; Liniger, Hanspeter; Hurni, Hans; Ouessar, Mohamed; Moussa, Mohamed; Hamrouni, Hedi (2015). WOCAT tools as decision-support tools for assessing land degradation and realising sustainable land management, Study Case of El Mkhachbiya Catchment, Northwest of Tunisia (Unpublished). In: International conference on Integrated Land and Water Resources Management in the Dry Areas under Climate Change (ILDAC 2015). Djerba, Tunisia. 11.-14.05.2015.

Jendoubi, Donia; Schwilch, Gudrun; Liniger, Hanspeter; Hurni, Hans; Ouessar, Mohamed; Moussa, Mohamed; Hamrouni, Hedi (2015). Assessment of land degradation in the Cereal land use and options for sustainable land management: Study case from Northwest Tunisia (Unpublished). In: International Congress on Landscape Ecology. Antalya, Turkey. 23.-25.10.2015.

Jendoubi, Donia; Gara, Ahlem; Schwilch, Gudrun; Liniger, Hanspeter; Hurni, Hans; Ouessar, Mohamed; Moussa, Mohamed; Hamrouni, Hedi (2015). Decision-Support tools for assessing land degradation and realising sustainable land management, Study Case of El Mkhachbiya Catchment, Northwest of Tunisia. Journal of mediterranean ecology, 13, pp. 47-56. Firma Effe Publisher

Jucker Riva, Matteo; Schwilch, Gudrun; Liniger, Hanspeter (2015). Challenges in the participatory assessment of sustainable management practices in dryland ecosystems under regime shifts. Geophysical research abstracts, 17, p. 1. Copernicus Publications

Jucker Riva, Matteo; Liniger, Hanspeter; Schwilch, Gudrun (2015). Analysis of NDVI variance across landscapes and seasons allows assessment of degradation and resilience to shocks in Mediterranean dry ecosystems (Unpublished). In: Desert Land Conference. Ghent, Belgium. 16.-17.06.2015.

Schwilch, Gudrun; Mekdaschi Studer, Rima; Providoli, Isabelle; Liniger, Hanspeter (2015). Sharing evidence of sustainable land management impacts. Geophysical research abstracts, 17. Copernicus Publications

2014

Wolfgramm, Bettina; Liniger, Hanspeter (25 November 2014). Decision Support for Integrated Watershed Management (Unpublished). In: F2F-Workshop 2014 of the Swiss NGO DRR Platform on “Incentives and financial mechanisms for scaling-up DRR”. Thun. 25.11.2014.

Schwilch, Gudrun; Liniger, Hanspeter; Hurni, Hans (2014). Sustainable Land Management (SLM) Practices in Drylands: How Do They Address Desertification Threats? Environmental management, 54(5), pp. 983-1004. Springer 10.1007/s00267-013-0071-3

Reynard, Emmanuel; Bonriposi, Mariano; Graefe, Olivier; Homewood, Christine; Huss, Matthias; Kauzlaric, Martina Catharina; Liniger, Hanspeter; Rey, Emmanuel; Rist, Stephan; Schädler, Bruno; Schneider, Flurina; Weingartner, Rolf (2014). Interdisciplinary assessment of complex regional water systems and their future evolution: how socioeconomic drivers can matter more than climate. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 1(4), pp. 413-426. Wiley 10.1002/wat2.1032

Weingartner, Rolf; Schädler, Bruno; Reynard, Emmanuel; Bonriposi, Mariano; Graefe, Olivier; Herweg, Karl Günter; Homewood, Christine; Huss, Matthias; Kauzlaric, Martina Catharina; Liniger, Hanspeter; Rey, Emmanuel; Rist, Stephan; Schneider, Flurina (2014). MontanAqua: Wasserbewirtschaftung in Zeiten von Knappheit und globalem Wandel Wasserbewirtschaftungsoptionen für die Region Crans-Montana-Sierre im Wallis (NFP 61). Schweizerischer Nationalfonds

Wolfgramm, Bettina; Liniger, Hanspeter; Nazarmavloev, Farrukh (2014). Integrated Watershed Management in Tajikistan (IWSM Policy Brief). Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Liniger, Hanspeter; Kiteme Bonface, Peter; Wiesmann, Urs Martin; Kohler, Thomas (2014). Mount Kenya: Water tower in a complex regional setting. In: Africa mountains atlas (pp. 258-259). Nairobi: UNEP

2013

Wolfgramm, Bettina; Gareyeva, Aida; Shokirov, Qobil; Liniger, Hanspeter (2013). Adapting to climate change through sustainable land management (Evidence for Policy Series, Regional edition Central Asia 7). Bern: NCCR North-South

Liniger, Hanspeter; Wolfgramm, Bettina; Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin; Lehrman, Zvi; Stevenson, Shane (April 2013). Adapting to climate change through sustainable land management: experiences of a pilot project in Tajikistan. In: 2nd UNCCD Scientific Conference. Bonn, Deutschland. 09.-12.04.2013.

Prasuhn, Volker; Liniger, Hanspeter; Gisler, Simon; Herweg, Karl Günter; Candinas, Anton; Clément, Jean-Pierre (2013). A high-resolution soil erosion risk map of Switzerland as strategic policy support system. Land use policy, 32, pp. 281-291. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.11.006

Mekdaschi Studer, Rima; Liniger, Hanspeter (2013). La collecte de l'eau: directives pour de bonnes pratiques. Bern: Centre for Development and Environment

Mekdaschi Studer, Rima; Liniger, Hanspeter (2013). Water harvesting: guidelines to good practice. Bern: Centre for Development and Environment

Giger, Markus; Liniger, Hanspeter; Schwilch, Gudrun (2013). Economic benefits and costs of technologies for sustainable land management (SLM): a preliminary analysis of global WOCAT data. In: 2nd UNCCD Scientific Conference. Bonn, Deutschland. 09.-12.04.2013.

Liniger, Hanspeter (2013). Towards more drought resilience: reducing the human made drought – tapping existing knowledge. In: High Level Meeting on National Drought Policy. Genf, Schweiz. 11.-15.03.2013.

Liniger, Hanspeter; Harari, Nicole (2013). Use of audiovisual messages from land user to land user for sharing knowledge about SLM: experiences from a pilot project in Kenya and Tajikistan. In: 2nd UNCCD Scientific Conference. Bonn, Deutschland. 9.-12. Apr. 2013.

Liniger, Hanspeter; Harari, Nicole (2013). Use of multi-media for spreading the experiences. In: 2nd UNCCD Scientific Conference. Bonn, Deutschland. 09.-12.04.2013.

Liniger, Hanspeter; Schwilch, Gudrun; Mekdaschi, Rima; Providoli, Isabelle; Bunning, Sally; Biancalani, Riccardo; van Lynden, Godert (2013). Tools for better SLM knowledge management and informed decision-making in addressing land degradation at different scales: the WOCAT–LADA–DESIRE methodology. In: 2nd UNCCD Scientific Conference. Bonn, Deutschland. 9.-12. Apr. 2013.

Liniger, Hanspeter; Van Lynden, Godert; Biancalani, Riccardo; Lindeque, Lehman; Ndiaye, Déthié Soumaré; Schwilch, Gudrun (2013). Assessing and mapping LD and SLM to directly support the planning and scaling up of SLM interventions to combat desertification. In: 2nd UNCCD Scientific Conference. Bonn, Deutschland. 9.-12. Apr. 2013.

Schwilch, Gudrun; Jaquet, Stéphanie; Liniger, Hanspeter; Sudmeier-Rieux, K.; Penna, I.; Jaboyedoff, M.; Kaenzig, R. (2013). Impacts of out-migration on land management in mountain areas (Unpublished). In: Linking sustainable development, global migration, climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction – Identifying emerging issues. Lausanne, Schweiz. 02.-04.12.2013.

Schwilch, Gudrun; Mekdaschi, Rima; Liniger, Hanspeter (2013). Desertification mitigation and water harvesting based on sustainable land management (Submitted). In: DesertLand: International Conference on Desertification and Land Degradation. Ghent, Belgien. 17.-18. Jun. 2013.

Wolfgramm, Bettina; Hurni, Hans; Liniger, Hanspeter; Ruppen, Sebastian; Milne, Eleanor; Bader, Hans-Peter; Scheidegger, Ruth; Kassie, Tadele Amare; Yitaferu, Birru; Nazarmavloev, Farrukh; Conder, Malgorzata; Ebneter, Laura; Qadamov, Aslam; Shokirov, Qobiljon; Hergarten, Christian; Schwilch, Gudrun (2013). Soil organic carbon for global benefits – assessing potential SOC increase under SLM technologies worldwide and evaluating tradeoffs and gains of upscaling SLM technologies. Geophysical research abstracts, 15. Copernicus Publications

Liniger, Hanspeter; Mekdaschi, Rima; Providoli, Isabelle (2013). Promoting best practices in sustainable land management. Rural 21: the international journal for rural development, 47(3), pp. 14-15. DLG

Reynard, Emmanuel; Bonriposi, Mariano; Graefe, Olivier; Herweg, Karl Günter; Homewood, Christine; Huss, Matthias; Kauzlaric, Martina Catharina; Liniger, Hanspeter; Rey, Emmanuel; Rist, Stephan; Schädler, Bruno; Schneider, Flurina; Weingartner, Rolf (2013). MontanAqua: anticiper le stress hydrique dans les Alpes – Scénarios de gestion de l’eau dans la région de Crans-Montana-Sierre (Valais): résultats finaux et recommandations Universités de Berne, Lausanne et Fribourg

2012

Liniger, Hanspeter; Mekdaschi Studer, Rima; Providoli, Isabelle; Giger, Markus; Wolfgramm, Bettina (2012). A framework for documentation and evaluation of sustainable land management: Climate change: Knowledge for developing SLM adaptation strategies. Bern: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Schwilch, Gudrun; Hessel, Rudi; Verzandvoort, Simone; Liniger, Hanspeter; van Lynden, Godert; van Elsen, Erik; Ritsema, Coen (2012). Desire for greener land: A process for effective desertification mitigation based on sustainable land management. In: International Conference on Research for Development, 20.-22.8.2012, Bern, Switzerland. Bern: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

2011

Prasuhn, Volker; Liniger, Hanspeter; Gisler, Simon (February 2011). Die hoch aufgelöste Erosionsrisikokarte ERK2 als Hilfsmittel für den Vollzug. In: Jahrestagung: Knappe Resource Boden eine Herausforderung. Frauenfeld, Schweiz. 10.-11.02.2011.

Schwilch, Gudrun; Bestelmeyer, Brandon; Bunning, Sally; Critchley, William; Herrick, Jeffrey; Kellner, Klaus; Liniger, Hanspeter; Nachtergaele, Freddy; Ritsema, Coen; Schuster, Brigitte; Tabo, Ramadjita; van Lynden, Godert; Winslow, Mark (2011). Experiences in Monitoring and Assessment of Sustainable Land Management. Land degradation & development, 22(2), pp. 214-225. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 10.1002/ldr.1040

Liniger, Hanspeter; Mekdaschi Studer, Rima; Hauert, Christine; Gurtner, Mats (2011). La pratique de la gestion durable des terres: Directives et bonnes pratiques en Afrique subsaharienne, FAO, Rome, Italy Bern: Geographisches Institut der Universität Bern

Liniger, Hanspeter; Mekdaschi Studer, Rima; Hauert, Christine; Gurtner, Mats (2011). Sustainable Land Management in Practice: Guidelines and Best Practices for Sub-Saharan Africa, FAO, Rome, Italy Bern: Geographisches Institut der Universität Bern

Wolfgramm, Bettina; Stevenson, Shane; Lerman, Zvi; Zähringer, Julie; Liniger, Hanspeter (2011). Final Report for Tajikistan Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience, Component A5: Phase 1 On Agriculture & Sustainable Land Management

Mekdaschi Studer, Rima; Liniger, Hanspeter (2011). Knowledge Management and Decision Support for Sustainable Land Management: A common global Knowledge Management (KM) platform for up-scaling of Sustainable Land Management (SLM). Bern: Geographisches Institut der Universität Bern

Mekdaschi Studer, Rima; Liniger, Hanspeter; Schwilch, Gudrun (2011). The LADA-WOCAT-DESIRE partnership: Centre for Development and Environment. Bern: Geographisches Institut der Universität Bern

Prashun, Volker; Liniger, Hanspeter; Gisler, Simon (2011). Die hoch auflösende Erosionsrisikokarte der Schweiz als Hilfsmittel für den Vollzug. In: Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft : "Böden verstehen, Böden nutzen, Böden fit machen.". Berlin / Potsdam, Deutschland. 3.-9. September 2011.

Giger, Markus; Liniger, Hanspeter (2011). Assessment of benefits and costs of Sustainable Land Management (SLM). In: Contributions from the WOCAT Knowledge Management System. UNCCD COP 10, 13.10.2011, Changwon, South Korea.

Liniger, Hanspeter; Giger, Markus (2011). Integrating Sustainable Land Management Into Climate Change Financing and Investment Frameworks: Opportunities, New Directions and Lessons. In: UNCCD COP10 Side Event, 14.10.2011, Changwon South Korea.

Zähringer, Julie; Liniger, Hanspeter; Wolfgramm, Bettina (2011). Sustainable Land Management (SLM) and Resilience to Climate Change in Tajikistan. In: Tropentag, 5.-7.10.2011, Bonn Germany. Witzenhausen: DITSL

Gisler, Simon; Liniger, Hanspeter; Prasuhn, Volker (2011). Erosionsrisikokarte im 2x2-Meter-Raster (ERK2). Agrarforschung, 2(4), pp. 148-155. Bern: Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft

Reed, M.; Buenemann, M.; Athlopheng, J.; Akhtar-Schuster, M.; Bachmann, Felicitas; Bastin, G.; Bigas, H.; Chanda, R.; Dougill, A.J.; Essahli, W.; Evely, A.C.; Fleskens, L.; Geeson, N.; Glass, J.H.; Hessel, R.; J., Holden; Ioris, A.A.R.; Kruger, B.; Liniger, Hanspeter; Mphinyane, W.; ... (2011). Cross-scale monitoring and assessment of land degradation and sustainable land management: a methodological framework for knowledge management. Land degradation & development, 22(2), pp. 261-271. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 10.1002/ldr.1087

2010

Chasek, Pamela; Reed, Mark; Requier-Desjardins, Mélanie; Sperlich, Stefan; Stringer, Lindsay; Bachmann, Felicitas; Schwilch, Gudrun; Liniger, Hanspeter (2010). Monitoring and Assessment of Desertification and Land Degradation: Knowledge Management, Institutions and Economics: White Paper of the DSD Working Group 3 (UNU Desertification Series 9). Ontario, Canada: The United Nations University

Maselli, Daniel; Arynova, Nazgulmira; Ershova, Natalya; Ivanova, Natalya; Bilenko, Viktor; Liniger, Hanspeter (2010). Managing water in a dynamic setting: The challenges of change in Central Asia. In: Hurni, Hans; Wiesmann, Urs (eds.) Global Change and Sustainable Development: A Synthesis of Regional Experiences from Research Partnerships. Perspectives / NCCR North-South: Vol. 5 (pp. 223-239). Bern: Geographica Bernensia

Wolfgramm, Bettina; Shigaeva, Jyldyz; Nekushoeva, Gulniso; Bonfoh, Bassirou; Breu, Thomas Michael; Liniger, Hanspeter; Maselli, Daniel (2010). Kyrgyz and Tajik land use in transition: Challenges, responses and opportunities. In: Hurni, Hans; Wiesmann, Urs (eds.) Global Change and Sustainable Development: A Synthesis of Regional Experiences from Research Partnerships. Perspectives / NCCR North-South: Vol. 5 (pp. 241-254). Bern: Geographica Bernensia

Liniger, Hanspeter; Schwilch, Gudrun (2010). Knowledge Management and Decision Support for Sustainable Land Management. In: Tropentag 2010. Zurich, Switzerland. 14.-16. September 2010.

Bühlmann, Erik; Wolfgramm, Bettina; Maselli, Daniel; Hurni, Hans; Sanginov, Sanginboy; Liniger, Hanspeter (2010). Geographic information system-based decision support for soil conservation planning in Tajikistan. Journal of soil & water conservation, 65(3), pp. 151-159. Ankeny, Iowa: Soil and Water Conservation Society 10.2489/jswc.65.3.151

Ledermann, Thomas; Herweg, Karl Günter; Liniger, Hanspeter; Schneider, Flurina; Hurni, Hans; Prasuhn, Volker (2010). Applying erosion damage mapping to asses and quantify off-site effects of soil erosion in Switzerland. Land degradation & development, 21(4), pp. 353-366. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 10.1002/ldr.1008

Weingartner, Rolf; Herweg, Karl; Liniger, Hanspeter; Rist, Stephan; Schädler, Bruno; Graefe, Olivier; Hoelzle, Martin; Reynard, Emmanuel (2010). Water scarcity in inner-Alpine regions - options for sustainable water use in the region Crans-Montana-Sierre (Valais canton). Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung, 54(4), pp. 251-252. Koblenz: Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde

Herweg, Karl Günter; Rist, Stephan; Liniger, Hanspeter; Prasuhn, Volker; Schneider, Flurina; Ledermann, Thomas; Fry, Patricia; Zimmermann, Anne; Hurni, Hans; Wiesmann, Urs Martin (2010). Transdisciplinarity – An Option for Applied Landscape Ecology in Complex and Uncertain Contexts. Erde, 141, pp. 321-339. Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin

Schwilch, Gudrun; Hauert, Christine; Liniger, Hanspeter; Bunning, Sally (2010). Coping with degradation through SLWM: SOLAW Background Thematic Report - TR12 Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

2009

Schwilch, Gudrun; Bachmann, Felicitas; Liniger, Hanspeter (2009). Appraising and selecting conservation measures to mitigate desertification and land degradation based on stakeholder participation and global best practices. Land degradation & development, 20(3), pp. 308-326. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 10.1002/ldr.920

2008

Gitonga, J.L.; Ngeru, J.N.; Liniger, Hanspeter (2008). Impacts of Conservation Tillage on Soil Water and Crop Production - A case Study in the Northwest Footslopes of Mount Kenya. In: Goddard, Tom; Zoebisch, Michael A.; Gan, Yantai; Ellis, Wyn; Watson, Alex; Sombatpanit, Samran (eds.) No-Till Farming Systems. Special Publication: Vol. 3 (pp. 373-382). Bangkok: World Association of Soil and Water Conservation

Hauert, Christine; Liniger, Hanspeter (2008). Assessing Soil Properties in No-Till and Traditional Tillage Systems in Switzerland. In: Goddard, Tom; Zoebisch, Michael A.; Gan, Yantai; Ellis, Wyn; Watson, Alex; Sombatpanit, Samran (eds.) No-Till Farming Systems. Special Publication: Vol. 3 (pp. 91-102). Bangkok: World Association of Soil and Water Conservation

Liniger, Hanspeter; Critchley, William; Gurtner, Mats; Schwilch, Gudrun; Mekdaschi Studer, Rima; Hauert, Christine (2008). "Where the land is greener" - Documenting and Evaluating No-Till Knowledge and Experiences. In: Goddard, Tom; Zoebisch, Michael A.; Gan, Yantai; Ellis, Wyn; Watson, Alex; Sombatpanit, Samran (eds.) No-Till Farming Systems. Special Publication: Vol. 3 (pp. 469-475). Bangkok: World Association of Soil and Water Conservation

Hurni, Hans; Herweg, Karl; Portner, Brigitte; Liniger, Hanspeter (2008). Soil Erosion and Conservation in Global Agriculture. In: Braimoh, Ademola K.; Vlek, Paul L.G. (eds.) Land Use and Soil Resources (pp. 41-71). Heidelberg: Springer Verlag

Liniger, Hanspeter; Critchley, William (2008). Safeguarding Water Resources by Making the Land Greener: Knowledge Management through WOCAT. In: Bossio, Deborah; Geheb, Kim (eds.) Conserving Land, Protecting Water. Comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture: Vol. 6 (pp. 129-148). Wallingford: CAB International

Ledermann, Thomas; Herweg, Karl Günter; Liniger, Hanspeter; Schneider, Flurina; Hurni, Hans; Prasuhn, Volker (2008). Erosion Damage Mapping: Assessing Current Soil Erosion Damage in Switzerland. In: The soils of tomorrow. Advances in Geoecology: Vol. 39 (pp. 263-283). Catena

Wolfgramm, Bettina; Liniger, Hanspeter; Hurni, Hans (2008). An Efficient Approach for Monitoring Land Resources at a Regional Scale. In: International Conference on Research for Development (ICRD 2008): Pre-conference Proceedings. NCCR North-South Dialogue: Vol. 21 (p. 70). Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) and NCCR North-South

Schwilch, Gudrun; Bachmann, Felicitas; Liniger, Hanspeter; Gabathuler, Ernst (2008). Decision support for effective implementation and up-scaling of SLM. In: WOCAT Symposium "Promoting Sustainable Land Management for its Local and Global Impacts", 20 October 2008, Bern, Switzerland. Proceedings (p. 14). Bern: CDE / NCCR North-South

Liniger, Hanspeter (2008). WOCAT and the way forward. In: WOCAT Symposium "Promoting Sustainable Land Management for its Local and Global Impacts", 20 October 2008, Bern, Switzerland. Proceedings (pp. 5-6). Bern: CDE / NCCR North-South

Hauert, Christine; Liniger, Hanspeter (2008). Soil erosion and conservation in global agriculture. In: Goddard, Tom; Zoebisch, Michael A.; Gran, Yantai; Ellis, Wyn; Watson, Alex; Sombatpanit, Samran (eds.) No-till Farming Systems (pp. 91-102). Bangkok, Thailand: World Association of Soil and Water Conservation

Kiteme, Boniface P.; Liniger, Hanspeter; Notter, Benedikt; Wiesmann, Urs Martin; Kohler, Thomas (2008). Dimensions of Global Change in African Mountains: The Example of Mount Kenya. IHDP Update, 2008(2), pp. 18-23. IHDP International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change

Wolfgramm, Bettina; Hergarten, Christian; Schwilch, Gudrun; Liniger, Hanspeter (2008). A systematized workflow for assessing land resources using readily available spatial datasets (Unpublished). In: 4th Workshop of the EARSeL / GISDECO 8. Istanbul, Turkey. 04.06.-07.06.2008.

Schwilch, Gudrun; Bachmann, Felicitas; Liniger, Hanspeter (2008). Guidelines for WB3 Part III: Stakeholder workshop 2: Selection and decision on prevention and mitigation strategies to be implemented (DESIRE report series 17). Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Schwilch, Gudrun; Bachmann, Felicitas; Gabathuler, Ernst; Liniger, Hanspeter (2008). A methodology for appraising and selecting strategies to mitigate desertification based on stakeholder participation and global best practices Budapest, Hungary: Geographical Research Institute

2007

Notter, Benedikt; Macmillan, Lindsay; Viviroli, Daniel; Weingartner, Rolf; Liniger, Hanspeter (2007). Impacts of environmental change on water resources in the Mount Kenya Region. Journal of hydrology, 343(3), pp. 266-278. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.06.022

Prasuhn, Volker; Liniger, Hanspeter; Hurni, Hans; Friedli, Simon (2007). Carte du risque d’érosion du sol en Suisse. Agrarforschung, 14(3), pp. 120-127. Bern: Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft

Prasuhn, Volker; Liniger, Hanspeter; Hurni, Hans; Friedli, Simon (2007). Carte du risque d'érosion du sol en Suisse. Revue de la Recherche agronomique Suisse, 14(3), pp. 120-127.

Wolfgramm, Bettina; Seiler, Bruno; Kneubühler, Mathias; Liniger, Hanspeter (2007). Spatial Assessment of Erosion and its Impact on Soil Fertility in the Tajik Foothills. EARSeL eProceedings, 6(1), pp. 12-25.

Liniger, Hanspeter; Critchley, William; Gurtner, Mats; Schwilch, Gudrun; Mekdaschi Studer, Rima (eds.) (2007). Where the land is greener: Case studies and analysis of soil and water conservation initiatives worldwide. Wageningen et al.: World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT)

Schwilch, Gudrun; Danano, Daniel; Khisa, Sudibya Kanti; Critchley, William; Liniger, Hanspeter (2007). Where the land is greener - experiences contributing to sustainable land management. Natural Resource Perspectives(108), pp. 1-4. Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

Bachmann, Felicitas; Schwilch, Gudrun; Gabathuler, Ernst; Liniger, Hanspeter (2007). Guidelines for WB3 Part I: Desertification and land degradation: Identification of existing and potential prevention and mitigation strategies (DESIRE report series 6). Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Schwilch, Gudrun; Bachmann, Felicitas; Liniger, Hanspeter (2007). Guidelines for WB3 Part II: Assessment of conservation strategies (DESIRE report series). Bern, Switzerland: World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT)

2006

Schneider, Flurina; Ledermann, Thomas; Prasuhn, Volker; Liniger, Hanspeter; Fry, Patricia; Herweg, Karl; Rist, Stephan (2006). On- and Off-site Effectiveness of Soil and Water Conservation in Switzerland: Steps Towards the Integration of Farmers , Experts and Scientific Knowledge. ISCO-14 Proceedings, [1-6]. International Soil Conservation Organization

Liniger, Hanspeter (2006). Quantifying the impacts of Conservation Agriculture (CA) on water use, soil quality and productivity. Linking production, livelihoods and conservation: Proceedings of the Third World Congress on Conservation Agriculture, [1-5].

Liniger, Hanspeter; Schwilch, Gudrun; Hurni, Hans; Critchley, William (2006). Soil and Water Conservation, Global Change, and the Millennium Development Goals: An Evaluation by WOCAT. ISCO-14 Proceedings, [1-6]. International Soil Conservation Organization

Van Lynden, Godert; Schwilch, Gudrun; Liniger, Hanspeter (2006). Mapping the unknown? The extent of Sustainable Land Management. ISCO-14 Proceedings. International Soil Conservation Organization

Wolfgramm, Bettina; Seiler, Bruno; Guntli, David; Liniger, Hanspeter; Shepherd, Keith; Kneubühler, Mathias; Kellenberger, Tobias (2006). Combining soil spectral reflectance data and satellite imagery to assess impacts of land use on soil fertility in Tajikistan. In: Röder, Achim; Hill, Joachim (eds.) Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Processing in the Assessment and Monitoring of Land Degradation and Desertification (pp. 611-617). Trier: Remote Sensing Department, University Trier

Moll, Martin; Liniger, Hanspeter (2006). Mount Kenya - Solving water conflicts: Résoudre les conflicts sur l'eau - Solucionando los conflictos del agua - Lösungen für die Wasserkonflikte [Movie]. Bern, Switzerland: Swissinfo; Centre for Development and Environment (CDE); Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

Critchley, William; Liniger, Hanspeter (2006). WOCAT: A framework for monitoring and evaluation of soil and water conservation initiatives. In: De Graaf, Jan; Cameron, John; Sombatpanit, Samran; Pieri, Christian; Woodhill, Jim (eds.) Monitoring and evaluation of soil conservation and watershed development projects (pp. 477-491). New Hampshire, USA: Science Publishers

2005

Hurni, Hans; Liniger, Hanspeter; Wiesmann, Urs Martin (2005). Research Partnerships for Mitigating Syndromes of Global Change in Mountain Regions: An Overview of Current Knowledge. In: Huber, Uli M.; Bugmann, Harald K. M.; Reasoner, Mel A. (eds.) Global Change and Mountain Regions: An overview of current knowledge. Advances in Global Change Research: Vol. 23 (pp. 593-603). Springer 10.1007/1-4020-3508-X_59

Liniger, Hanspeter; van Lynden, Godert (2005). Building up and sharing knowledge for better decision making on soil and water conservation in a changing mountain environment - the WOCAT experience. In: Stocking, Michael; Hellemann, Hilde; White, Roger (eds.) Renewable natural resources management for mountain communities (pp. 103-114). Kathmandu, Nepal: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development

Macmillan, Lindsay; Liniger, Hanspeter (2005). Monitoring and modelling for the sustainable management of water resources in tropical mountain basins: The Mount Kenya example. In: Huber, Uli M.; Bugmann, Harald K. M.; Reasoner, Mel A. (eds.) Global Change and Mountain Regions: An overview of current knowledge. Advances in Global Change Research: Vol. 23 (pp. 605-616). Springer 10.1007/1-4020-3508-X_60

Aeschbacher, Jos; Liniger, Hanspeter; Weingartner, Rolf (2005). River water shortage in a highland-lowland system: A case study of the impacts of water abstraction in the Mount Kenya Region. Mountain Research and Development, 25(2), pp. 155-162. International Mountain Society 10.1659/0276-4741(2005)025[0155:RWSIAH]2.0.CO;2

Liniger, Hanspeter; Gikonyo, John; Kiteme, Boniface; Wiesmann, Urs (2005). Assessing and managing scarce tropical mountain water resources: The case of Mount Kenya and the semi-arid Upper Ewaso Ng'iro Basin. Mountain Research and Development, 25(2), pp. 162-173. International Mountain Society 10.1659/0276-4741(2005)025[0163:AAMSTM]2.0.CO;2

2004

Herweg, Karl; Liniger, Hanspeter (2004). Bodenschutz und Wasserkonservierung in tropischen und subtropischen Gebirgsräumen: Eine Herausforderung für die Geographie. In: Gamerith, Werner; Meusburger, Peter; Wanner, Heinz (eds.) Alpenwelt - Gebirgswelten: Inseln, Brücken, Grenzen: Tagungsbericht und wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen. Heidelberg, Deutschland: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geographie

Liniger, Hanspeter; Douglas, Malcolm; Schwilch, Gudrun (2004). Towards sustainable land management. In: 13th International Soil Conservation Organization Conference (ISCO 2004). Brisbane, Australia. 04.-08.07.2004.

Schwilch, Gudrun; Liniger, Hanspeter; Van Lynden, Godert (2004). Towards a global map of soil and water conservation achievements: A WOCAT initiative. In: 13th International Soil Conservation Organization Conference (ISCO 2004). Conserving Soil and Water for Society: Sharing Solutions. Conference Proceedings. Brisbane, Australia. 04.07.-08.07.2004.

2003

Herweg, Karl Günter; Liniger, Hanspeter (2003). Soil erosion control: An integral part of sustainable land management. In: Zlatic, Miodrag; Kostadinov, Stanimir; Dragovic, Nada (eds.) Natural and Socio-Economic Effects of Erosion Control in Mountainous Regions. Belgrade: Faculty of Forestry

2002

Van Lynden, Godert; Liniger, Hanspeter; Schwilch, Gudrun (2002). The WOCAT map methodology: A standardized tool for mapping degradation and conservation. In: Proceedings of 2002 ISCO Conference IV (pp. 11-16). Bejing: International Soil Conservation Organisation (ISCO)

Moll, Martin; Liniger, Hanspeter (2002). Solving water conflicts in Mount Kenya area [Movie].

Lynden, Godert van; Schwilch, Gudrun; Liniger, Hanspeter (2002). A Standardised Method for Assessment of Soil Degradation and Soil Conservation: The WOCAT mapping methodology. In: Proceedings of 2002 ISCO Conference 4. Bejing: International Soil Conservation Organisation (ISCO)

Liniger, Hanspeter; Schwilch, Gudrun (2002). Enhanced decision-making based on local knowledge: The WOCAT Method of sustainable soil and water management. Mountain Research and Development, 22(1), pp. 14-18. International Mountain Society

Liniger, Hanspeter; Lynden, Godert van; Schwilch, Gudrun (2002). Documenting field knowledge for better land management decisions: Experiences with WOCAT tools in local, national and global programs. In: Proceedings of 2002 ISCO conference 1 (pp. 167-259). Bejing: International Soil Conservation Organisation (ISCO)

Liniger, Hanspeter; Cahill, Dennis; Will, Critchley; Thomas, Donald; van Lynden, G.W.J.; Schwilch, Gudrun (2002). Categorization of SWC technologies and approaches – a global need? In: Proceedings of 2002 ISCO Conference 3. Bejing: International Soil Conservation Organisation (ISCO)

2000

Kironchi, G.; Liniger, Hanspeter; Mbuvi, J.P. (2000). Degradation of soil physical properties in overgrazed ranglelands in Laikipia District. In: Fourth National Workshop on Land and Water Management. Land and water management in Kenya: Towards sustainable land use (pp. 5-9). Nairobi, Kenya: Soil and Water Conservation Branch

Liniger, Hanspeter; Weingartner, Rolf (2000). Mountain forests and their role in providing freshwater resources. In: Price, Martin F.; Nathalie, Butt (eds.) Forests in sustainable mountain development: a state of knowledge report for 2000. IUFRO research series: Vol. 5 (pp. 370-380). Oxon: CABI Publishing

1999

Liniger, Hanspeter; Cahill, Dennis; Critchley, Will; Gallacher, Rod; Hurni, Hans; van Lynden, Godert; Mburu, Joseph; Prante, W; Schwilch, Gudrun; Sombatpanit, Samran; Trux, Anneke; Thomas, Donald (1999). WOCAT: Information management and decision support for soil and water conservation (SWC). In: Hurni, Hans; Ramamonjisoa, Joselyne (eds.) African mountain development in a changing World (pp. 221-240). Antananarivo, Madagascar: African Mountains Association; African Highlands Initiative; United Nations University

1998

Liniger, Hanspeter; Thomas, D. B.; Hurni, Hans (1998). WOCAT - World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies - Preliminary results from Eastern and Southern Africa. In: Towards sustainable land use: Furthering cooperation between people and institutions. Advances in Geoecology: Vol. 31 (pp. 1037-1046). Reiskirchen, Germany: Catena

Liniger, Hanspeter; Weingartner, Rolf (1998). Mountains and freshwater supply. Unasylva, 49(195), pp. 39-46. FAO

1997

Schwilch, Gudrun; Liniger, Hanspeter (1997). Participation and networking - with WOCAT: A World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies. In: Berg, Christoph (ed.) 9th Conference of the International Soil Conservation Organisation (ISCO). Dare to share: Dare-to-Share fair at the 9th Conference of the International Soil Conservation Organisation (ISCO), Bonn, 26-30 August 1996 (pp. 117-120). Eschborn, Germany: Margraf Verlag

  • Former Director WOCAT, honorary fellow WOCAT, Lecturer, Trainer field courses/excursions, Mentor of MSc PhD students working with numerous implementation and research institution worldwide.
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