Education
Movčan 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.
Career
Forestry (born February 9, 1925 in Čakovec, Croatia)
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 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 Natural Philosophy "Hohe Tauern" in Austria where he was working on the Management Plan.
Van-Tienhoven European Award, Bonn 1983
Fred M. Packard International Parks Merit Award, International Union for Conservation of Nature / Switzerland 1987
Global 500, Rio de Janeiro 1992
Primula d"oro /Uomo e Natura/ Napoli, Italia 1995.
Membership
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 - International Union for Conservation of Nature).