Bruno Messerli

Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019) · Switzerland · On the map · Academics · Died at 87

Bruno Messerli was a Swiss geographer and university professor who focused on high mountains and highland-lowland linkages. He was appointed Full Professor of Geomorphology in 1968 by the University of Bern, where he taught and carried out research until his retirement in 1996.

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2019Died4 February 20192010Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of InnsbruckAward2002Founder’s MedalAwardVautrin Lud PrizeAward1998Honorary doctor of the Free University of BerlinAward1990Marcel Benoist PrizeAward1931Born17 September 1931

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Vautrin Lud Prize in 2002.

Awards

Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Innsbruck2010

Vautrin Lud Prize2002

Founder’s Medal2002

Honorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin1998

Marcel Benoist Prize1990

Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society

About this person

He contributed significantly to the inclusion of a mountain agenda, Chapter 13 - Managing Fragile Ecosystems - Sustainable Mountain Development in Agenda 21, the official action plan of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit, the Rio Summit, the Rio Conference, and the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June in 1992.

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Switzerland