Josip Movčan, Date of Birth

Josip Movčan

Croatian forester

Date of Birth: 09-Feb-1925

Profession: environmentalist, forester

Nationality: Croatia

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Josip Movcan, B.Sc.
/ Forestry (born February 9, 1925 in Cakovec, Croatia) Movcan studied forestry at the University of Sopron in Hungary, Department of Forestry.
Later he graduated at the Zagreb University, Department of Forestry.
He specialised in exterior design, landscape planning and completed the course with honours. During 33 years he spent working in the Plitvice Lakes National Park he was creating his attitudes towards the key problems in National Park; He carried out the project "modern system of organised visiting". He was constantly putting effort on behalf of creative and active protection.
He was intensively involved in international events; twice organised European Conference of National Parks on Plitvice Lakes; three times a member of the Board of European National Parks Federation, a member of the National Parks World Committee (CNPPA - IUCN).
He held a report at the World Congress in Bali which was later issued by the Royal Swedish Academy of Science. He stayed at the Plitvice Lakes National Park as the Protection and Planning Manager until 1991 when he was sent into exile and later retired.
From 1992 to 1994 he was at NP "Hohe Tauern" in Austria where he was working on the Management Plan. Movcan has received the following international awards: Van-Tienhoven European Award, Bonn 1983 Fred M.
Packard International Parks Merit Award, IUCN / Switzerland 1987 Global 500, Rio de Janeiro 1992 Primula d'oro /Uomo e Natura/ Napoli, Italia 1995