National Committees
Switzerland

Contact(s)

Other Members:

Publications:

La biodiversité en Suisse: Etat, sauvegarde, perspectives. Fondements d'une stratégie nationale. (also available in German)
http://www.biodiversity.ch/services/publications/buch.php?lang=fr

Hotspot, the Forum’s biannual journal (available in French and German)
http://www.biodiversity.ch/services/publications/hotspot.php

Visions on biodiversity research in Switzerland
http://www.biodiversity.ch/services/publications/visions.html

Collaborative Research Networks:

Swiss Biodiversity Forum
http://www.biodiversity.ch

Forum for Climate and Global Change (Proclim)
http://www.proclim.ch

The Swiss Academy of Sciences website on Access and Benefit Sharing, good practice for academic research on genetic resources
http://abs.scnat.ch
The purpose is to inform the academic community about the system governing access to biological resources and the fair sharing of benefits that arise from their use, as set out by the Convention on Biological Diversity CBD.

Events

3 November 2006 - Bern

Sur la voie d'une stratégie nationale pour la biodiversité.
More information

27 November 2006 - Lausanne

Anthropogenic effects of catchments alterations on the primary production in peri alpine lakes
More information: http://www.proclim.ch/events?36449

News

On 20 April 2006 the seventh Swiss Global Change Day took place in Bern.
Click here for the Meeting Report

The Swiss Academy of Science in close collaboration with the Swiss Biodiversity Forum has published a brochure and a website on Access & Benefit Sharing, good practice for academic research on genetic resources: http://abs.scnat.ch. The purpose is to inform the academic community about the system governing access to biological resources and the fair sharing of benefits that arise from their use, as set out by the Convention on Biological Diversity CBD. The good practice guide aims at informing researchers on how to correctly apply the Bonn Guidelines when accessing biological resources abroad for research purposes and can be downloaded from: http://abs.scnat.ch/downloads/ABS_Brochure.pdf. The website includes additional features such as a marketplace where scientists are invited to post mutually satisfying research experiences and case studies regarding genetic resources. It also offers updates on current international policy developments, checklists and a download area. The target research community is Switzerland but all information can be used by researchers working elsewhere.

In March, the Swiss Biodiversity Forum submitted a proposal to the Swiss National Research Foundation for the creation of a new research programme on the utilization and value of biodiversity. The proposal's content relates to the science plan of the agroBIODIVERSITY network of DIVERSITAS and kindly received a letter of support from L Jackson, chair of agroBIODIVERSITY.

Regarding the 2010 targets the Swiss Biodiversity Forum has started to mine available national data-bases on biodiversity and is intensively looking for suitable indicators. In addition, the forum continues to lobby for a biodiversity strategy for Switzerland.

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