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
Research 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 World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies WOCAT Erosion risk map of Switzerland (Erosionsrisikokarte der Schweiz ERK2) CASCADE: Catastrophic shifts in drylands RECARE: finding and sharing solutions to protect our soils 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)
Network affiliations Former Director WOCAT, honorary fellow WOCAT, Lecturer, Trainer field courses/excursions, Mentor of MSc PhD students working with numerous implementation and research institution worldwide. WOCAT, Regreening Africa, Desert Net International
