Philippe Roch
| Philippe Roch | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 13, 1949 Lancy (Switzerland) |
| Known for |
Director of the Swiss section of the World Wide Fund for Nature Director of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment |
Philippe Roch (born 1949) is a retired Swiss civil servant.[1]
Philippe Roch obtained a PhD in biochemistry in 1977.[1] 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) and director of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment of the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (1992–2005).[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 a honorary degree from the University of Lausanne.[2]
Notes and references
- 1 2 3 Interview of Philippe Roch, La Salamandre, no. 218, October 2013, pp. 100–101.
- ↑ Doctorats honoris causa 2008 : M. Philippe Roch, www.unil.ch (page visited on 10 October 2013).