Eitan Tchernov (1935 – December 13, 2002) was an author and professor of

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at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Tchernov was born in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...

, Israel and received a PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1966. He chaired the Center for the Study & Management of the Environment in 1980 and the High Professional Committee of the Authority of Nature Reserves from 1979 to 1982. In 1991 he founded the Department of

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, Systematics and Ecology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, serving as its first chairman. He was also involved in establishing the Israel Nature Reserves Authority, serving as its first

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and later as a member of its scientific advisory board. He likewise served on the board of the Society for the Protection of Nature and on other nature

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boards including the

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-MAB committee (Man and the

Biosphere The biosphere (from Greek βίος ''bíos'' "life" and σφαῖρα ''sphaira'' "sphere"), also known as the ecosphere (from Greek οἶκος ''oîkos'' "environment" and σφαῖρα), is the worldwide sum of all ecosystems. It can also ...

) and SCOPE (

Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment The Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) was established by the 10th meeting of the Executive Committee of the International Council for Science (ICSU) in 1969. SCOPE's members include 38 national science academies and resear ...

). He was co-editor of the Hebrew environmental magazine Sevivot from 1986 to 2002.

Legacy

Eitan Tchernov is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of snake, '' Micrelaps tchernovi''.

Books

*''An Early Neolithic Village in the Jordan Valley, Part II: The Fauna of Netiv Hagdud'', 2004 *''Structure, Function and Evolution of Teeth'', 1992

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tchernov, Eitan Israeli conservationists Israeli paleontologists 20th-century Israeli zoologists Paleozoologists 1935 births 2002 deaths Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni Academic staff of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem People from Tel Aviv Israeli archaeologists Zooarchaeologists 20th-century archaeologists