![Bruno Manser, activist from the very first, and selfless fighter for the rainforest.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titel-manser-1-300x225.jpg)
Guardian of the rainforest
Bruno Manser was one of the world’s first environmental activists, and he launched spectacular protests to fight against rainforest deforestation. This earned him admiration, but it also caused him problems with the authorities.
TV report on Bruno Manser’s knitting campaign in front of the Bundeshaus (in French). RTS
![Bruno Manser with Penan chief Along Sega, 1999.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/manser-penan-249x300.jpg)
![Manser’s campaign at a dizzying height was spectacular, but was mostly ignored in Switzerland.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/aktion-matterhorn-207x300.jpg)
![In a protest action in 1993, Bruno Manser scaled the façade of Brussels’s town hall.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/manser-brussel-212x300.jpg)