In August 2003, more than 300 ha of forest went up in smoke, stretching from the town of Leukerbad, Valais, situated at an altitude of 800 m, up to the tree line at 2100 m. It was one of the largest forest fires in the past few decades in Valais.
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Domain
Conservation
Unit
Forest Habitat
Topics
Species Recovery, Population Development
Habitat
forest
Project start
2006
Project status
ongoing
Project management
Bertrand Posse
Project region
Valais
Employees
Employee of the regional office Valais
Jean-Nicolas Pradervand
+41 79 784 52 32
jean-nicolas.pradervand@vogelwarte.ch
Species concerned
Unit
Forest Habitat
Our Forest team is committed to preserving and promoting Switzerland’s forest habitats for birds. We focus on training and continuing education in forestry, ensure knowledge is transferred into practice and contribute to reducing the deficits of waste wood and dead wood as well as species-specific, special and rare habitats through specific funding projects and land conservation in forests.
