WSL is organized in Research Units, Research Programmes and Initiatives and Service and Support Units.
Forest Resources and Management Stand Dynamics and Silviculture GIS Sustainable Forestry Resource Analysis Science IT and Environmental Data Plant Regeneration Ecology Scientific Service NFI Land Change Science Forest Diversity and Biodemography Dynamic Macroecology Remote Sensing Land-use Systems Ecosystems and Landscape Evolution Forest and Soil Ecology Soil Functions and Dynamics Soil Biogeochemistry Dendrosciences Critical Zone Dynamics Functional Plant Ecology LWF I LWF II Prog. SwissForestLab Forest Ecosystem Processes Ecosystem Ecology Economics and Social Sciences Environmental governance Environmental values, behaviour, health Environmental and Resource Economics Mountain Hydrology and Mass Movements Glaciology Hydrological Forecasts Torrents and Mass Movements Forest Health and Biotic Interactions Insubric Ecosystems Phytopathology Forest Entomology Swiss Forest Protection Alpine Environment and Natural Hazards Alpine Remote Sensing Alpine Mass Movements Mountain Ecosystems Permafrost Snow Avalanches and Prevention Avalanche Formation and Dynamics Avalanche Warning Risk and Resilience Avalanche Protection Measures Warning and Information Systems Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Evolutionary Genetics Ecosystem Dynamics Conservation Biology Community Ecology Ecological Genetics Spatial Evolutionary Ecology Rhizosphere Processes Snow and Atmosphere Hydrology and Climate Impacts in Mountain Regions Snow Hydrology Snow Physics Snow Processes