Sofia Heinonen

Sofia Heinonen is the conservation director for Conservation Land Trust in Argentina, part of the larger Tompkins Conservation team.  With Kris Tompkins and her late husband Doug Tompkins, Sofia has helped save hundreds of thousands of acres of wildlands in Argentina, and overseen the reintroduction of several extirpated species, including lowland tapir, pampas deer, and collared peccary.  Sofia has a commending knowledge of Argentine ecosystems and how to protect them.