Background
Tchernov was born in Tel Aviv, Israel and received a Doctor of Philosophy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1966.
Tchernov was born in Tel Aviv, Israel and received a Doctor of Philosophy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1966.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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 1979-1982. In 1991 he founded the Department of Evolution, Systematics and Ecology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, serving as its first chairman. He likewise served on the board of the Society for the Protection of Nature and on other nature conservation boards including the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization-MAB committee (Manitoba and the Biosphere) and Supervisory Control Of Program Execution (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment).
He was co-editor of the Hebrew environmental magazine Sevivot from 1986-2002.
He was also involved in establishing the Israel Nature Reserves Authority, serving as its first ranger and later as a member of its scientific advisory board.