Contacts & related websitesDESIRE Project Harmonised Information Systemhttp://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/potential-strategies/related-sites-thematicmenu-2782016-09-22T20:37:46ZJoomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content ManagementContact the CDE team2012-12-04T11:11:29Z2012-12-04T11:11:29Zhttp://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/en/potential-strategies/related-sites-thematicmenu-278/876-contact-the-cde-teamJane Brandtmedesdesire@googlemail.com<table class="institute" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="6">
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<p>Institute full name:</p>
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<p>Universität Bern, Centre for Development and Environment</p>
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<p>UNIBE-CDE</p>
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<p>CDE is the University of Bern's centre for sustainable development research. It aims to contribute to sustainable development worldwide through research partnerships, education and training, development of concepts and tools, and policy advice. CDE's focuses include management of natural resources, sustainable regional development, and interventions that maximise human potential to address the challenges of global change. The goals are to understand the effects of global change on natural resources and people's lives; develop and disseminate context-specific and multi-sectoral innovations; and, through education, promote learning for and from sustainable development. Combining methods, such as GIS-based earth observation and participatory field-based analysis, is typical of CDE's approach. CDE hosts the secretariat of WOCAT (World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies) and is the lead institution for the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South. Within DESIRE, CDE is coordinating Research Theme 3.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.cde.unibe.ch/" target="_blank">www.cde.unibe.ch</a></p>
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<p>Universität Bern, Centre for Development and Environment CDE</p>
<p>Hallerstrasse 10</p>
<p>3012 Bern</p>
<p>Switzerland</p>
<p>Tel: +41 31 631 88 22</p>
<p>Fax: +41 31 631 85 44</p>
<p>info@cde.unibe.ch</p>
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<p>Involved personnel</p>
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<p>Prof. Dr. Hans Hurni</p>
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<p>Tel: +41 31 631 88 22</p>
E-mail: <a href="mailto:<a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/>hans.hurni@cde.unibe.ch</a></td>
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<p>President of the CDE board; Director of NCCR-NS; Professor of Geography at the University of Berne. Professional focus on natural resource management.</p>
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<p>Dr Gudrun Schwilch</p>
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<p>Tel: +41 31 631 54 59</p>
E-mail: <a href="mailto:<a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/>gudrun.schwilch@cde.unibe.ch</a></td>
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<p>Senior research scientist / geographer. Head of Cluster Natural Resources and Ecosystem Services. Professional focus on sustainable land management and desertification mitigation.</p>
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<td valign="top" width="133"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/Gudrun%20Schwilch.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="85" /></td>
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<p>Felicitas Bachmann<br /> M.A.</p>
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<p>Tel: +41 31 631 85 83</p>
Email: <a href="mailto:<a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/>Felicitas.Bachmann@cde.unibe.ch</a></td>
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<p>Senior Research Scientist / Social Anthropologist. Professional focus on learning for sustainability, social learning processes, development of training tools and approaches, sustainable resource management and sustainable development.</p>
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<td valign="top" width="133"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/Felicitas%20Bachmann.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="85" /></td>
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<p>Dr. Hanspeter Liniger</p>
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<p>Tel: +41 31 631 88 45<br /> E-mail:</p>
<a href="mailto:<a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/>Hanspeter.liniger@cde.unibe.ch</a></td>
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<p>Senior Research Scientist, coordinator of WOCAT. Professional focus on evaluation of natural resource management and its local and regional impacts on water and soil productivity.</p>
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<td valign="top" width="133"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/Hanspeter%20Liniger.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="85" /></td>
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<p> </p><table class="institute" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="6">
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<p>Institute full name:</p>
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<p>Universität Bern, Centre for Development and Environment</p>
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<p>Institute acronym:</p>
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<p>UNIBE-CDE</p>
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<p>CDE is the University of Bern's centre for sustainable development research. It aims to contribute to sustainable development worldwide through research partnerships, education and training, development of concepts and tools, and policy advice. CDE's focuses include management of natural resources, sustainable regional development, and interventions that maximise human potential to address the challenges of global change. The goals are to understand the effects of global change on natural resources and people's lives; develop and disseminate context-specific and multi-sectoral innovations; and, through education, promote learning for and from sustainable development. Combining methods, such as GIS-based earth observation and participatory field-based analysis, is typical of CDE's approach. CDE hosts the secretariat of WOCAT (World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies) and is the lead institution for the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South. Within DESIRE, CDE is coordinating Research Theme 3.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.cde.unibe.ch/" target="_blank">www.cde.unibe.ch</a></p>
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<p>Universität Bern, Centre for Development and Environment CDE</p>
<p>Hallerstrasse 10</p>
<p>3012 Bern</p>
<p>Switzerland</p>
<p>Tel: +41 31 631 88 22</p>
<p>Fax: +41 31 631 85 44</p>
<p>info@cde.unibe.ch</p>
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<td valign="top" width="451"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/CDE%20logo.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="150" /></td>
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<p>Involved personnel</p>
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<p>Name</p>
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<p>Key qualifications</p>
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<p>Prof. Dr. Hans Hurni</p>
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<p>Tel: +41 31 631 88 22</p>
E-mail: <a href="mailto:<a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/>hans.hurni@cde.unibe.ch</a></td>
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<p>President of the CDE board; Director of NCCR-NS; Professor of Geography at the University of Berne. Professional focus on natural resource management.</p>
</td>
<td style="width: 5%;" valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/Hans%20Hurni.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="85" /></td>
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<p>Dr Gudrun Schwilch</p>
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<p>Tel: +41 31 631 54 59</p>
E-mail: <a href="mailto:<a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/>gudrun.schwilch@cde.unibe.ch</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="204">
<p>Senior research scientist / geographer. Head of Cluster Natural Resources and Ecosystem Services. Professional focus on sustainable land management and desertification mitigation.</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" width="133"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/Gudrun%20Schwilch.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="85" /></td>
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<p>Felicitas Bachmann<br /> M.A.</p>
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<td valign="top" width="152">
<p>Tel: +41 31 631 85 83</p>
Email: <a href="mailto:<a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/>Felicitas.Bachmann@cde.unibe.ch</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="204">
<p>Senior Research Scientist / Social Anthropologist. Professional focus on learning for sustainability, social learning processes, development of training tools and approaches, sustainable resource management and sustainable development.</p>
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<td valign="top" width="133"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/Felicitas%20Bachmann.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="85" /></td>
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<p>Dr. Hanspeter Liniger</p>
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<td valign="top" width="152">
<p>Tel: +41 31 631 88 45<br /> E-mail:</p>
<a href="mailto:<a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/>Hanspeter.liniger@cde.unibe.ch</a></td>
<td valign="top" width="204">
<p>Senior Research Scientist, coordinator of WOCAT. Professional focus on evaluation of natural resource management and its local and regional impacts on water and soil productivity.</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" width="133"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/Hanspeter%20Liniger.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="85" /></td>
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<p> </p>WOCAT - World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies2009-01-13T11:19:59Z2009-01-13T11:19:59Zhttp://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/en/potential-strategies/related-sites-thematicmenu-278/206-wocat-world-overview-of-conservation-approaches-and-technologiesJane Brandtmedesdesire@googlemail.com<p>WOCAT's vision is that land and livelihoods are improved through sharing and enhancing knowledge about sustainable land management.<br /><br />WOCAT's mission is to support innovation and decision-making processes in sustainable land management, particularly in connection with soil and water conservation (SWC). This is done by:</p>
<ul>
<li>connecting stakeholders,</li>
<li>analysing and synthesising experiences and setting directions,</li>
<li>enhancing capacity knowledge,</li>
<li>developing and applying standardized tools for documenting, monitoring, evaluating, sharing and using knowledge</li>
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<td colspan="2" style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b; background-color: #9b9b9b;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... go to the WOCAT website<br /></strong></span></td>
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<p><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-page_url.gif" alt=" " height="16" width="16" /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.wocat.net/"><strong>WOCAT website</strong></a></p>
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<p>All <acronym title="World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies">WOCAT</acronym> and <acronym title="World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies">WOCAT</acronym> related publications including articles, papers, proceedings, presentations and posters are compiled in the <acronym title="World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies">WOCAT</acronym> documentation database</p>
<img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-page_url.gif" alt=" " height="16" width="16" /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.wocat.net/en/knowledge-base/documentation-analysis.html"><strong>WOCAT Documentation Database</strong></a></td>
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<p>Fully documented and evaluated sustainable land management technologies from study sites worldwide</p>
<img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-page_url.gif" alt=" " height="16" width="16" /><a target="_blank" href="http://cdewocat.unibe.ch/wocatQT/qt_report.php"><strong>WOCAT Technologies Database</strong></a></td>
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<p>Fully documented and evaluated sustainable land management approaches from study sites worldwide</p>
<img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-page_url.gif" alt=" " height="16" width="16" /><a target="_blank" href="http://cdewocat.unibe.ch/wocatQA/SearchApproach.php"><strong>WOCAT Approaches Database</strong></a></td>
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<p> </p><p>WOCAT's vision is that land and livelihoods are improved through sharing and enhancing knowledge about sustainable land management.<br /><br />WOCAT's mission is to support innovation and decision-making processes in sustainable land management, particularly in connection with soil and water conservation (SWC). This is done by:</p>
<ul>
<li>connecting stakeholders,</li>
<li>analysing and synthesising experiences and setting directions,</li>
<li>enhancing capacity knowledge,</li>
<li>developing and applying standardized tools for documenting, monitoring, evaluating, sharing and using knowledge</li>
</ul>
<br />
<table style="width: 595px; border: 1px solid #cccccc;" border="1">
<tbody>
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<td colspan="2" style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b; background-color: #9b9b9b;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... go to the WOCAT website<br /></strong></span></td>
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<p><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/WOCAT%20screenshot.jpg.jpg" /></p>
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<p><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-page_url.gif" alt=" " height="16" width="16" /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.wocat.net/"><strong>WOCAT website</strong></a></p>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #cccccc;"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/WOCAT%20knowledge%20base.jpg.jpg" /></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #cccccc;">
<p>All <acronym title="World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies">WOCAT</acronym> and <acronym title="World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies">WOCAT</acronym> related publications including articles, papers, proceedings, presentations and posters are compiled in the <acronym title="World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies">WOCAT</acronym> documentation database</p>
<img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-page_url.gif" alt=" " height="16" width="16" /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.wocat.net/en/knowledge-base/documentation-analysis.html"><strong>WOCAT Documentation Database</strong></a></td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #cccccc;" valign="bottom"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/technologies%20database.jpg.jpg" /></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #cccccc;" valign="bottom">
<p>Fully documented and evaluated sustainable land management technologies from study sites worldwide</p>
<img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-page_url.gif" alt=" " height="16" width="16" /><a target="_blank" href="http://cdewocat.unibe.ch/wocatQT/qt_report.php"><strong>WOCAT Technologies Database</strong></a></td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #cccccc;" valign="bottom"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/approaches%20database.jpg.jpg" /></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #cccccc;" valign="bottom">
<p>Fully documented and evaluated sustainable land management approaches from study sites worldwide</p>
<img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-page_url.gif" alt=" " height="16" width="16" /><a target="_blank" href="http://cdewocat.unibe.ch/wocatQA/SearchApproach.php"><strong>WOCAT Approaches Database</strong></a></td>
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