Bruno Messerli#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 809 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HUMAN MOBILITY, GOVERNANCE, ENVIRONMENT AND SPACE |
| Elected: | 1990 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
Bruno Messerli passed away February 4, 2019.
Positions Held
- 1996 - 2000 President of the International Geographical Union (IGU)
- 1996 Professor Emeritus
- 1986/87 Rector University of Bern
- 1978 – 1983 Director Institute of Geography
Fields of Scholarship
- Mountain ecology
- Land degradation and natural hazards
- Paleoecology
- Climate change
- Natural resources
- Geomorphology
- Water resources
Honours and Awards
- 1988 UN-Global 500 Honour Roll of the United Nations Environment Programme in recognition of outstanding achievements for the protection and improvement of the environment
- 1998 Dr. rer. nat. h.c. of the Free University of Berlin
- 1990 Academia Europaea, London
- 2006 World Academy of Art and Science, Washington, San Francisco
- 2010 Dr. h.c. of the University of Innsbruck, Faculty of Sciences
