Info Flora
About us
Info Flora is a private, non-profit foundation that documents and promotes wild plants in Switzerland. Founding members of the foundation include the city of Geneva, Pro Natura, and the Swiss Botanical Society (SBS) and the Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences (sc-nat). The foundation is based in Geneva.
According to the the foundation’s statutes, Info Floras’s tasks are to:
- Build and maintain a national database
- Collect records about the Swiss flora and report them into maps
- Support floristic inventories in all regions of Switzerland
- Provide suitable instruments for recording floristic notes
- Collect and publish information on the Swiss flora
- Support conservation and promotion of native wild plants
- Support the knowledge of the wild plants through publications and courses
- Collaborate with the authorities (the Confederation, cantons, municipalities) in all issues about species conservation
- Maintain exchanges and contacts with similar institutions abroad
→ Organigram and members of the Foundation
→ Contact
The foundation is financially supported by the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) and sc-nat.
The offices of Info Flora in Geneva, Bern and Lugano are valuably supported, respectively, by:
- Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève
- Botanischer Garten der Universität Bern
- Museo cantonale di storia naturale a Lugano
Info Flora is recognized as a national data and information center by the FOEN and collaborates closely with the other national data centers, which all have joint efforts under the collective name "Info Species".
Info Flora: emerged from the union of ZDSF and SKEW
The ZDSF (German abbreviation for Center of the Data Network of the Swiss Flora) and the SKEW (German abbreviation for Swiss Commission for the Conservation of Wild Plants) have been offering their services jointly under the name of Info Flora since 2012. This has resulted in a national platform on which data and information on the occurrence, threat,conservation status, protection, and biology of the Swiss flora are made publicly available or can be submitted and reported.
InfoSpecies
All national data and information centers recognized by the Swiss government work together as InfoSpecies to coordinate various shared tasks and projects.
Members of the InfoSpecies network:
- BirdLife Switzerland (Programm Artenförderung Vögel Schweiz)
- CCO/ KOF (Coordination center for bat protection in Switzerland – site in German)
- info fauna - CSCF (National Data and Information Center on the Swiss Fauna)
- info fauna - karch (Coordination center for Amphibian and reptile protection in Switzerland)
- Schweizerische Vogelwarte (SOS/SVS)
- Swissbryophytes
- SwissFungi
- SwissLichens
- Info Flora
Foundation
Info Flora is a private,non-profit foundation that documents and promotes wildplants in Switzerland.
Founding members of the Foundation are
- City of Geneva (CJB)
- Pro Natura
- Schweizerische Botanische Gesellschaft
- Schweizerische Akademie der Naturwissenschaften
The foundation is based in Geneva
Organigram of Info Flora
| Members of the board of trustees | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pierre-André Loizeau | CJB Genève | Chair |
| François Felber | ehem. SKEW | Vice-chair |
| Raoul Palese | CJB Genève | Treasurer |
| Markus Fischer | SBG | Trustee |
| Daniela Pauli | sc-nat | Trustee |
| Bertrand von Arx | KBNL | Trustee |
| Danielle Hofmann | BAFU | Trustee without voting permission |
| Members of the scientific committee | |
|---|---|
| Emmanuelle Favre | KBNL (GE) |
| Andreas Ensslin | CJB |
| Guido Maspoli | UNP (DT) |
| Danielle Hofmann | FOEN (Guest) |
| Ursina Wiedmer | KBNL (ZH) |
| Serge Buholzer | Agroscope ART |
| Raymond Delarze | SVU |
| Reto Nyffeler | Uni Zürich, president of the SC |
| Michael Nobis | WSL |
| Urs Tester | Pro Natura |
| Pascal Vittoz | Uni Lausanne |
| Niklaus Zimmermann | WSL |
Contact
| Secretariat | For data requests and data supply |
|---|---|
| Jasmin Redling Mail: jasmin.redling[a.t]infoflora.ch Phone: +41 (0)31 684 49 28 |
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| ([a.t] to be replaced by @ ) | |
Info Flora Switzerland – office GENÈVE
c/o Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques
Case postale 71
1, chemin de l'Impératrice
CH-1292 Chambésy-Genève
Ph.: +41 (0)22 418 51 98
Fax.: +41 (0)22 418 51 01
STEFAN EGGENBERG – Management – stefan.eggenberg[a.t]infoflora.ch – +41 (0)22 418 51 98
ERVAN RUTISHAUSER – Management – ervan.rutishauser[a.t]infoflora.ch - +41 (0)22 418 51 98
MATTHIAS BOUTAY – matthias.boutay[a.t]infoflora.ch – +41 (0)22 418 51 98
JEAN-DANIEL FRANEL – jean-daniel.franel[a.t]infoflora.ch – +41 (0)22 418 51 98
SASKIA GODAT – saskia.godat[a.t]infoflora.ch – +41 (0)22 418 51 98
PHILIPPE JUILLERAT – philippe.juillerat[a.t]infoflora.ch – +41 (0)22 418 51 72
BLAISE PETITPIERRE – blaise.petitpierre[a.t]infoflora.ch – +41 (0)22 418 51 98
HELDER SANTIAGO – helder.santiago[a.t]infoflora.ch – +41 (0)22 418 51 72
RALPH THIELEN – ralph.thielen[a.t]infoflora.ch – +41 (0)22 418 51 72
MONIQUE VILPERT – monique.vilpert[a.t]infoflora.ch – +41 (0)22 418 51 98
Info Flora Switzerland – office BERN
c/o Botanischer Garten
Altenbergrain 21
CH-3013 Bern
Ph.: +41 (0)31 684 49 28
Fax.: +41 (0)31 684 49 42
STEFAN EGGENBERG – Management – stefan.eggenberg[a.t]infoflora.ch – +41 (0)31 684 39 20
JASMIN REDLING – Secretary – jasmin.redling[a.t]infoflora.ch – +41 (0)31 684 49 28
CHRISTOPHE BORNAND – christophe.bornand[a.t]infoflora.ch – +41 (0)31 684 49 28
ANDREAS GYGAX – andreas.gygax[a.t]infoflora.ch – +41 (0)31 684 49 28
CORINNE HUCK – corinne.huck[a.t]infoflora.ch – +41 (0)31 684 49 28
MICHAEL JUTZI – michael.jutzi[a.t]infoflora.ch – +41 (0)31 684 49 28
ADRIAN MÖHL – adrian.moehl[a.t]infoflora.ch – +41 (0)31 684 49 28
LOTTA SCHIENDORFER – lotta.schiendorfer[a.t]infoflora.ch – +41 (0)31 684 49 28
FABIAN HEUSSLER – fabian.heussler[a.t]infoflora.ch – +41 (0)31 684 49 28
Info Flora Switzerland – office LUGANO
c/o Museo cantonale di storia naturale
Casella postale 5487
Viale Carlo Cattaneo 4
CH-6901 Lugano
Ph.: +41 (0)91 815 47 70
Fax.: +41 (0)91 815 47 89
BRIGITTE MARAZZI – brigitte.marazzi[a.t]infoflora.ch – +41 (0)91 815 47 70
LAURA TORRIANI – laura.torriani[a.t]infoflora.ch – +41 (0)91 815 47 70
Regional office
FloraCH editor
FABIAN HEUSSLER – magazine[a.t]infoflora.ch
CORINNE HUCK – magazine[a.t]infoflora.ch
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Jobs
Offene Stellen bei Info Flora
Offene Stellen bei Partnerorganisationen
Collaborateur/trice scientifique aux Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de Genève (CJB), more info