Philippe Roch

Philippe Roch
Born (1949-09-13) 13 September 1949 (age 75)
Lancy (Switzerland)
Known forDirector of the Swiss section of the World Wide Fund for Nature
Director of the Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape

Philippe Roch (born 13 September 1949 in Lancy[1][2]) is a retired Swiss civil servant.[3]

Biography

Philippe Roch obtained a PhD in biochemistry from the University of Geneva in 1977.[3] He was elected deputy of the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland at the Grand Council of Geneva (1973–1982).

He was director of the Swiss section of the World Wide Fund for Nature (1977–1992). After that, Roch was appointed Director of the Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape (SAEFL) by the Federal Council. He occupied this position for 13 years, from 1992 until he resigned on 1 October 2005.[3][1]

He was member of the board of directors of the Global Environment Facility, of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research and of the United Nations Environment Programme.

Philippe Roch chaired the conference of the parties of the Basel Convention (1999–2002) and of the Rotterdam Convention (2004–2005). In 2008, he received an honorary degree from the University of Lausanne.[4]

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b "Colloquium TRADE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – THE ROLE OF LAW AND SCIENCE" (PDF). ecolomics-international.org. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Philippe Roch | Viceversa Letteratura". www.viceversaletteratura.ch (in Italian). Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Interview of Philippe Roch, La Salamandre, no. 218, October 2013, pp. 100–101.
  4. ^ Doctorats honoris causa 2008 : M. Philippe Roch, www.unil.ch (page visited on 10 October 2013).