Climate protection
We elaborate feasibility studies and forest-climate-protection-projects and develop the respective methology
FSC® Schweiz office
SILVACONSULT runs the FSC Switzerland office. This certification organization is firmly anchored in Switzerland. Over 50% of the forest area or over 600,000 hectares of the Swiss forest are FSC-certified. Almost 70% of Switzerland’s wood use comes from this. More than 1’200 companies are certified in wood processing and retail to guarantee the product chain. FSC Switzerland.
Forest inventories and maps
We develop concepts and projects for terrestrial forest inventories and stock mapping with remote sensing data and GIS technologies.
Consulting
We advise public authorities (municipalities, cantons) as well as private forest owners and cooperatives.
Team
I’m committed to a sustainable forest-management as a result of the combination of economic, ecological and social factors.
Dr. Hubertus Schmidtke
Forest engineer, managing director and partner of SILVACONSULT, 1982 diploma in forest science from the University of Freiburg i.B., Germany.
Doctorate «On the application of geo-information systems in forestry», three years at the Baden-Württemberg Forest Administration, two years deputy head of the Saarland Forest Planning Institute. Since 27 years in the private sector (engineering office), of which twenty years at SILVACONSULT AG.
Highly experienced in the areas of remote sensing, GIS, information technology, forest inventory, forest ecology, forest management. He worked as an external GHG auditor for the certifier TÜV SÜD Munich. CO2 projects in Europe, Asia, South and Central America, Africa. Special experience in the field of carbon forestry with project development, project appraisal, method development.
In addition, he fullfils the following positions:
- Managing director FSC Switzerland
- member of the board «Wald-Klimaschutz Schweiz»
- President of WaKa Forest Investment Services AG
With FSC Switzerland, we have achieved a level of awareness of around 80 percent among consumers. This is a top figure worldwide.
Marta Valina
Marta Valina has a commercial background and has a degree as a federally certified communications manager. Marta ensures our multilingual communication in German, French, English, Italian and Spanish. As part of the FSC Switzerland mandate, Marta fullfills a position as Head of Administration. She is also responsible for communication projects and trademark services.
“Forests are an extremely diverse and exciting field of work”
Andreas Hunziker
Andreas Hunziker grew up at Schaffhausen and holds a bachelor’s degree by ETH Zurich. He completed the Master in Forest Sciences at the University of Freiburg i.Br. He is self-employed and works as an external Freelancer at SILVACONSULT in the areas of climate protection, inventory and consulting.
Remote sensing and GIS technologies are indispensable tools for current large-scale inventories.
Dr. Wolf Forstreuter
Forest engineer, employee and partner of SILVACONSULT AG, GIS and remote sensing specialist, 1979 diploma in forest science by the University of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, doctorate in the application of remote sensing in forestry.
Dr. Forstreuter’s experience includes two years in the forest administration of Baden-Württemberg, four years at the GAF Society for Applied Remote Sensing in Munich in projects in Africa, Asia and South America. For seven years he worked for GOPA Consulting (Bad Homburg) mainly in the development of GIS in the South Pacific, China and South America. He carries out IT projects in the field of forest inventories, forest management (technical implementation of remote sensing and GIS projects, IT logistics projects).
To single out is his involvement in an ITTO project carried out by the Forstry Department of Fijito to develop a computerized chain of custody for the origin of wood.,
He is located at Suva, Fiji. His operation area is Asia, the Pacific, and South America.
I will support you competently and enjoy teamwork. Since one as individual has limits, I built up a strong network of professional colleagues. My skills range from conceptual and analytical work (eagle perspective) to implementation work through projects, processes, workshops, training courses, etc. (vole perspective).
Dr.oec HSG Carl Ulrich Gminder
Carl Gminder is a graduate industrial engineer in chemistry. He supports SILVACONSULT AG as an external employee in the field of climate protection (method and project development, market development). He runs his own company and go.climate AG.
We develop certified evaluations of forest stocks an companies. We work worldwide and advise forest owners, forest administrations and institutions in the field of developement-cooperation on the management and certification of their forests.
Dr. Reinhold Glauner
He is the managing director of WaKa Forest Investment Services AG .
In the forest investments business area, WaKa supports its customers in the acquisition or sale of forest areas, develops certified assessments of forest stands and forest operations, carries out regular controls after acquisition and develops concepts for the sustainable optimization of management. Support is offered in implementing sustainable forest management.
Due diligence as well as initial and / or additional reports are elaborated as part of our services.
In the business-field «Consulting», WaKa supports its international clients in the identification, planning and implementation of forest and climate protection projects. For this purpose, expert reports, forest laws and political templates are drawn up. WaKa works worldwide, especially within developing countries, and advises forest owners, forest administrations and projects on the management and certification of their forests. One focus is the ecological and economic optimization of the management of natural forests and forest plantations.
Our Network
In addition to the core-team, our network is crucial for comprehensive competence.
The Joanneum Research Graz is one of the leaders in the evaluation of remote sensing data, the Forstware Informationssysteme GmbH in the field of terrestrial inventories, the WSL for both. go-climate, myclimate, Wald-Klimaschutz Schweiz and TUEV NORD are all key players in the conception and implementation of climate protection projects and in marketing and sales. With WaKa Forest Investment Services AG, with the World Bank and with FSC International, the global market for consulting activities in the field of sustainable forest management is opening up. Membership in various professional associations and clubs ensures professional and personal contact in the fields of work and it helps to keep the know-how up to date.
Joanneum Research Graz, digital
Forstware Informationssysteme GmbH
Eidg. Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft WSL
Zurich Carbon Market Association
Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Photogrammetrie und Fernerkundung (SGPF)