Prof Van Hoven is Retired as Head of the Centre for Wildlife Management at the University of Pretoria and holds a Marsh Professorship at the University of Vermont, USA. He has been a Guest Lecturer for many courses internationally including Nutritional Ecology/Wildlife Nutrition, Nature Reserve Planning, and Environmental Impacts on natural areas.
Prof Van Hoven has recently been appointed as Professor Extraordinaire at North-West University. He has Presented Papers at over fifty International Meetings, Appeared on 15 Televised Documentaries, provided ten Chapters in various Textbooks, has over seventy Scientific Publications, and has completed over two-hundred Community Outreach and/or Consultancy Projects, also as a Team Leader.
Prof Van Hoven served as Vice-President of the International Council for Wildlife Conservation for 10 years. He was elected as Founder President of the Kissama Foundation in Angola which brought wildlife, including elephant, back to a wildlife-sterile landscape. For his Leadership in this programme, he was Awarded the Joseph R. Daly Award of the United Nations Environment Programme and the WILD Foundation (USA) for Excellence in wildlife conservation, with special emphasis on Angola and also the WWF- Nedbank Green Trust Award for “Individuals in Action” category.
