children birth_place other_names nationality fields workplaces birth_date known_for residence spouse article_title author_abbrev_bot birth_name alma_mater
four santiago , chile adriana hoffmann jacoby chilean botany , ecology defensores del bosque chileno yes 1940 describing 106 species of cactus cachagua , coquimbo hernán calderón -lrb- divorced -rrb- adriana hoffmann
 a.e.hoffm . adriana elisabeth hoffmann university of chile
adriana hoffmann

adriana elisabeth hoffmann jacoby -lrb- born 1940 -rrb- is a chilean botanist , environmentalist , and author .
she was chile 's environment minister in 2000 and 2001 .
she has 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 -lrb- defenders of the chilean forest -rrb- since 1992 .
hoffmann has authored over a dozen books on the flora of chile and has identified and classified 106 new species of cactus .
