Mr Ruedi HALLER

Director, Swiss National Park

Ruedi Haller studied Geography with a focus on GIS and remote sensing at the University of Zurich, Switzerland (PhD). From 2000 until 2011, he was the head of the GIS and ICT division of the Swiss National Park (SNP). From 2012 to 2019 he has led the research and geoinformation division in the SNP. His research activities included the use of GIS in wildlife ecology, ecological connectivity and the impact of spatially inaccurate data on results in wildlife management. His interests also cover location-based services on protected areas and the international habitat definitions, including Natura 2000. In 2013, he published a well recognized Atlas of the Swiss National Park, incorporating over 90 relevant topics of 100 years of research and management of the Swiss National Park.

Since October 2019, Ruedi Haller is the 7th director in the 105 long history of the only Swiss National park.