| 1954 |
Born on 25 August 1954 in Basel |
| 1973 |
Graduates from high school in Basel |
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Training: Cow herding, carpenter courses; studies in
alpine and agriculture, medical healing, traditional handicraft
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| 1973-1984 |
Cow and sheep herding in Graubunden |
| 1977 |
Internship at the Museum of Natural
History in Basel |
| 1984-1990 |
Lives in the jungle of Borneo,
draws plant and animal life, studies and records the language,
culture and way of life of the Penan. nomadic people.
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| April 1990 |
escapes back to Switzerland
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| as of 1990 |
lectures on the fate of the Penan,
tropical wood trade, logging, and becomes President of the Bruno-
Manser-Fund, an environmental organization dedicated to human
rights and the use of tropical wood in Sarawak, Malaysia.
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| 1991 |
Book " Voices from the rainforest"
(later translated into French, English and Japanese)
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| 1993 |
Hunger strike (Barenplatz, Berne)
in front of Federal Parliament Building in Berne against the
import of tropical wood from Sarawak/Malaysia |
| 1993 |
Figure of the year (according to
a readers' survey), ice-breaker of the year (Piolet Cointreau
honor), VCU prize for civil courage (Union of Christian Entrepreneurs
of Switzerland) |
| 1994 |
Binding prize for nature and environmental
protection |
| 1995-1997 |
Various exhibitions including the
Ethnography Museum Geneva, Zoological Museum in Strasbourg,
France and the Swiss Federal State Museum in Zurich |
| 1995-1998 |
Various demonstrations against
tropical wood plundering and the destruction of tropical forests
(including the Matterhorn train in Zermatt 1996, and a parachute
jump over Geneva in 1998) |
| 1997-1998 |
Community action "Ban on wood from
illegal exploitation" |
| 1998 |
Attempts at contacting the Malaysian
government |
| 2000 |
Departure to Sarawak. Since 25
May 2000 Bruno Manser has been missing |
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