Adriana Hoffmann
Chilean botanist, environmentalist, and author (1940–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Hoffmann and the second or maternal family name is Jacoby.
Adriana Elisabeth Hoffmann Jacoby (29 January 1940 – 20 March 2022) was a Chilean botanist, environmentalist and author. She was executive secretary of Chile's National Environment Commission (Spanish: Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente, CONAMA) from 2000 to 2001. She advocated for the sustainable management and protection of Chilean forests, leading opposition to illegal logging in her role as coordinator of Defensores del Bosque Chileno (Defenders of the Chilean Forest) since 1992.
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Born | Adriana Elisabeth Hoffmann Jacoby (1940-01-29)29 January 1940 |
Died | 20 March 2022(2022-03-20) (aged 82) |
Nationality | Chilean |
Other names | Adriana Hoffmann Jacoby |
Alma mater | University of Chile |
Known for | Describing 106 species of cactus |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany, ecology |
Institutions | Defensores del Bosque Chileno |
Author abbrev. (botany) | A.E.Hoffm. |
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Hoffmann authored over a dozen books on the flora of Chile, as well as 106 botanical names, mostly realignments of species and infraspecific taxa of cactus.[1]