She was a scientist, activist, author and policymaker who sought to protect her country's vast forests from big-business exploitation. She was old.
Her daughter said that she died of an acute clot in a lung after several years of health problems.
The presence of two cabinet ministers at her funeral made clear the importance of her legacy to the country, where scientists-turned-politicians are helping to make a new constitution shaped by the climate crisis.
Her friends and colleagues said that she had a good eye for rare plants as she traveled through the deserts and forests of Chile in her Jeep. More than 100 species were classified by her.
She wrote a dozen books about the country's flora and fauna, documenting the wealth of the country's flora and fauna. Her books had illustrations by Jullian and Francisco Ramos.
In the early 1990s, Ms. Hoffman's activism began, as the country began to recover from a military dictatorship that killed and tortured thousands and gave corporations plenty of power to exploit natural resources.
Activists began to fight a number of projects they saw as harmful to the environment, such as hydropower plants and timber plantations. Two years after the fall of the dictatorship, Ms. Hoffmann headed a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the native forests of the country.
She edited a book called "La Tragedia del bosque chileno", which documented how the country's industries were destroying its forests.
Ms. Hoffmann championed the forests at a time when it was seen as an attack on economic development in a country that relied on exporting commodities.
The National Commission of the Environment, or Conama, was created in 1993 and would change her life and legacy.
In her last interview before she died, she was asked what she had learned from nature.
The daughter of a renowned doctor and scientist, and the pioneer of the psychiatrist and spiritual guide, was born in Santiago on January 29, 1940. Ms. Hoffmann dropped out of the University of Chile to study agronomy. When she was in Germany with her mother, she switched to studying botany.
She said in an interview that she had pictures of herself with flowers and plants.
In the early 1990s, she met Douglas and his wife, who were 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884
In a phone interview, Ms. Tompkins said that she and her husband joined other people in obtaining the couple's help in preserving a large swath of land on the border of Argentina and Chile. The Yendegaia National Park became a national park in the summer of 2014).
Ms. Tompkins said that she was generous with her knowledge of the flora of Chile.
Ms. Hoffmann was one of the top 25 environmental leaders of the decade. She was awarded the National Environmental Prize for her contribution to documenting and protecting the country's natural ecosystems.
After the transition to democracy, the third president of Chile invited Ms. Hoffmann to head the country's top environmental agency, the Ministry of Environment.
Friends warned her against taking the job because the agency was too weak to challenge the business interests that profited from the country's lack of environmental protections.
She was the first scientist to hold the post at a time when environmentalists and women were rare in the halls of power.
The forces against her were too great. She resigned from Conama 17 months later because of pressure against her agenda after she rolled out projects that she felt were important. It would take eight years for a law to protect forests.
She described her time in office as the worst decision she had ever made because she was caught between the power of corporations and the disappointment of fellow environmentalists.
Leonora said that her mother never fully recovered from the experience. Ms. Hoffmann was 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217
She is survived by her two sons, two grandsons and five granddaughters.
She became an inspiration to many environmentalists and scientists by the time she died. The Ministry of Environment created the academy to train teachers, public servants and the general public. More than 12,000 students have taken courses there.
At Ms. Hoffmann's funeral, Maisa Rojas, the new minister of the environment, recognized the environmental obstacles that her predecessor had faced and that still challenge the rest of the world.
She said that they have been called to take care of a threatened and degraded nature.
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