Francis Hallé


Francis Hallé is a French botanist and biologist. He is a specialist on tropical rainforests and of tree architecture. He is best known for the first "Radeau des cimes" he initiated with an aerostatic balloon in 1986. He is a Professor Emeritus of the University of Montpellier.
In 2010, he and Luc Jacquet started to collaborate for a Wild-Touch film project, La Forêt des pluies, a documentary about primary forests.