Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL

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WSL Cadenazzo

Cadenazzo near Bellinzona is located in Switzerland’s Insubric region. The region is naturally already very multifaceted, and is currently experiencing socio-economic changes that are having dramatic effects on land use as well as cultural and biological diversity. Insubria therefore provides an ideal model region to gauge the effects of global changes on ecosystems.

In the Insubric region, WSL’s typical thematic areas are: chestnut groves and their cultivation, forest fires, invasive species (neobiota), as well as changes in traditional landscapes. WSL’s Cadenazzo location is the base for the research group Insubric ecosystems of WSL.

Research topics (information in German)

The chestnut and its culture

We are investigating how the cultural heritage associated with chestnut cultivation and its ecosystem services can be preserved, especially in the face of climate change.

Forest fires: prevention and forest management

We systematically collect data on fire incidents and develop methods and concepts for estimating the risk of forest fires.

Invasive organisms in southern Switzerland

We investigate how environmental factors and disturbance events influence the establishment and spread of invasive organisms in southern Switzerland.

Changes to the traditional Landscape

With our studies, we make past developments visible and point out possibilities for a sustainable use of Landscape as a resource.

By train

  • From Cadenazzo train station it's a 20-30 minute walk: Exit the station in the direction of Locarno, then turn right into the underpass. Continue straight on along "Ala Capelina" then turn left into "Ala Mota di Zopp". From there it's another 5 minutes until you see the building.

By car

  • In the roundabout next to the station, select the exit that leads to the underpass. After that, turn immediately right and follow the signs "Campus di ricerca"

Staff

Insubric Ecosystems

Gianni Boris Pezzatti

Group leader

Mark Bertogliati

Visiting scientist

Marco Conedera

Visiting scientist

Mattia Fadini

Scientific assistant

Vincent Fehr

PostDoc, Tel. 091 821 52 41

Alberto Luigi Fontana

Trainee

Daniela Furrer

Administrative staff member

Eric Gehring

Scientific staff member

Antoine Jousson

Visiting scientist

Sandra Kolarek

Temporary employee

Patrik Krebs

Scientific staff member

Gaia Yamuna Lepori

Bachelor student

Andrea Minetti

Software developer

Adrian David Müller

Trainee

Alan Oggier

Scientific staff member

Attilio Rizzoli

Visiting scientist

Tania Romero Mujalli-Bosia

Temporary employee / Scientific staff member

Matteo René Francois Thomé

Master student