Adriana Hoffmann | |
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 Hoffmann in 1991 | |
| Born | Adriana Elisabeth Hoffmann Jacoby 29 January 1940 |
| Died | 20 March 2022 (aged 82) |
| 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. |
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.
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]
- ^ Environment Encyclopedia and Directory 2010 (5th ed.). London: Routledge. 2009. p. 565. ISBN 978-1-85743-377-7.