Francis Hallé (born 15 April 1938) is a French botanist and biologist. He is a specialist on tropical rainforests and of tree architecture.[1] He is best known for the first "Radeau des cimes" ("Navigating the peaks") he initiated with an aerostatic balloon in 1986.[2] He is a Professor Emeritus of the University of Montpellier.[3]
In 2010, he and Luc Jacquet started to collaborate for a Wild-Touch film project, La Forêt des pluies, a documentary about primary forests.
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Francis Hallé, is a French botanist and biologist.
References
- ↑ "13th Congress of the International Society of Ethnobiology". agropolis.fr. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ↑ "Botanist raises study for the forest from the air in Chile". bluechannel24.com. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ↑ "Celebrated tropical botanist delivers last Centenary lecture" (PDF). web.up.ac.za/ (University of Pretoria). Retrieved 16 April 2012.
External links
- SNACK 3: I am a Tree / Workshop with Francis Hallé and Peter Del Tredici Essays by Hanna Barefoot and Lucy McFadden. Drawings by Katherine Cannella, Amanda Coen, Jennifer Livingston, Matthew Scarnaty, and Rachel Vassar. Photos by Leena Cho and Brian Osborn
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