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Bruno Oberle

Swiss biologist (born 1931)

Bruno Oberle (born 12 October 1955) is a Swiss environmental scientist and former senior civil servant whose career has centred on environmental policy, sustainable resource management, green economy, biodiversity, climate policy and international environmental governance. He served as Director of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) from 2005 to 2015 and represented Switzerland internationally as State Secretary for the Environment.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Bruno Oberle (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Oct 12, 1955.¹

About

From July 2020 to June 2023, he was Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

From Wikipedia’s article on Bruno Oberle, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

International Union for Conservation of NatureChief executive officer 2020 to now⁹

Early life and education

Oberle studied biology and environmental sciences at ETH Zurich, completed additional education in political economy and pedagogy, and obtained a doctorate from ETH Zurich. He subsequently lectured for several years in ETH Zurich's Department of Environmental Sciences. From 1980 to 1999, he founded and managed two consulting firms specialising in environmental management and environmental protection.

His consulting work included assignments in Switzerland and internationally, with an early focus on building environmental-management capacity and introducing environmental impact assessment in North and West Africa. Projects in Algeria, Mali, Morocco and Tunisia formed part of this work.

From Wikipedia’s article on Bruno Oberle (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Career

Occupation: biologist, professor.⁶

Since 2020Chief executive, International Union for Conservation of Nature⁴
Since 2020Director general, International Union for Conservation of Nature⁵
2006 to 2015Director, Federal Office for the Environment⁵
Date not recordedWorked at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne³
Date not recordedWorked at Federal Office for the Environment³
Date not recordedDirector⁵

Personal life

BornOct 12, 1955, St. Gallen⁷
CitizenshipItaly, Switzerland⁸

Sources

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WikidataBruno Oberle on Wikidata
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WikipediaBruno Oberle on Wikipedia
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WikidataBruno Oberle: Worked at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, on Wikidata
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WikidataBruno Oberle: Chief executive, International Union for Conservation of Nature, on Wikidata
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WikidataBruno Oberle: Director, on Wikidata
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WikidataBruno Oberle: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataBruno Oberle: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataBruno Oberle: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataInternational Union for Conservation of Nature, Chief executive officer
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Wikimedia CommonsBruno Oberle photo by Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr