1958-1976 Fieldwork in the mountains of the Mediterranean Region and
in Africa: Geomorphology, Paleoecology, Natural Resources.
1977 - 1986: Director UNESCO-MAB National Research Programme in the
Swiss Alps.
1975-1996: Coordinator UNU-Mountain programme with fieldwork in the
Himalaya and Bangladesh: Mountain Ecology, Land Degradation and Natural
Hazards, Water Resources.
1987-1996: Fieldwork in the High Andes of the Atacama region: Climate
Change and Natural Resources.
Special nominations and awards
1976-82 Vice President and 1997 Honorary member of the Swiss Academy
of Sciences
1986 and 1991 Founding member of the African and Andean Mountain
Association
1989-97 Member Research Council of the Swiss National Science
Foundation
1995-2001 Director IGBP-PAGES-Office (Past Global Change Program)
1996-2000 President International Geographical Union
2000-2004 Chairman Board of Trustees of IFS (International Foundation
for Science, Stockholm)
Several national and international awards, member of 4 European
Academies, especially
1988 Global 500 Honour Roll of UN-Environment Program
1991 Marcel Benoist Prize of the Swiss Government for Scientific
Achievements
1998 Dr. h.c.rer.nat. Free University of Berlin
Mountain
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