Archivo Panul

159 articles about the defense of Bosque Panul — the last native urban forest in Santiago, Chile.

Last updated: March 20, 2026 at 11:06 PM

Articles

146 articles

2025-11-23

Panul Para Todos

Avenida Pie Andino, la autopista que destruirá el Bosque Panul

El MINVU del gobierno "ecologista" de Boric propone 2 autopistas en pleno corazón del bosque panul, este proceso ha avanzado ante el silencio cómplice de quienes se autoproclaman "defensores" del panul y bomberos forestales.

2025-11-23

Panul Para Todos

Bienvenidos a Panul Para Todos

No se cuida lo que no se ama y no se ama lo que no se conoce, te invito a conocer el Bosque Panul y a reconocerte en sus habitantes y quienes lo han cuidado.

2024-08-23

Red Precordillera

Message to the community visiting Bosque Panul

Through social media we learned that a group of cyclists, called "La Tropa," is organizing a bicycle race with high attendance in Panul.

2021-08-31

Red Precordillera

New defeat for the owners of Panul: court rejected appeal against the community

Some months ago, the Navarrete Rolando family sued organizations and individuals linked to the defense of Panul, seeking to ban their entry into the forest so they could contaminate and damage it with impunity. Once again, the defenders of Panul have been vindicated and this complaint has been rejected.

2021-08-31

Red Precordillera

New backroom deal for Bosque Panul behind the community's back

At the Municipal Council meeting on Tuesday August 17, Mayor Rodolfo Carter reported receiving two letters. The first, a letter from Inmobiliaria Gesterra, owners of Fundo Panul. The second, a letter from an organization linked to political parties (UPA, Partido Ecologista Verde), called "Salvemos El Panul," which supposedly acted in "representation of the community." The mayor invited both entities to present to the Municipal Council on September 7th.

2021-06-29

Red Precordillera

Municipality of La Florida working on a new zoning plan for Bosque Panul

The municipal council approved last Wednesday the initiation of a new amendment for Bosque Panul. Mayor Rodolfo Carter proposed the measure, which seeks to create a "private green area" in part of the forest, keeping ownership in the hands of real estate developers. The measure is inadequate, as it does not create a public park, does not address the current subdivision project submitted by the real estate company, and does not eliminate the streets defined over the forest in the municipality's Road Plan, among other issues.

2021-03-31

Red Precordillera

What is happening with the subdivision project in Bosque Panul?

In response to the municipality's announcement that it apparently "rejected" the subdivision project for Parque Panul, we declare the following:

2021-03-26

Red Precordillera

CONFIRMED: Real estate company GESTERRA submitted project to urbanize Bosque Panul

According to documents from the Dirección de Obras, the company submitted a project in January of this year seeking to subdivide Fundo Panul into several lots, in order to extend streets such as Av. Central and Rojas Magallanes toward the mountains, among other works. This information was deemed "false" by La Florida mayor Rodolfo Carter in preceding days, but the evidence found confirms the citizens' complaint, making it imperative to change the current Zoning Plan to definitively protect Bosque Panul.

Thesis

13 articles

2025-10-20

U. de Chile

Assessment of Ecosystem Services in Panul Community Park, La Florida Municipality, Metropolitan Region

Panul Community Park is located in the precordillera of La Florida municipality and is the last native sclerophyllous forest within the urban limits of Greater Santiago. The park is in private hands, with owners seeking to develop an urbanization project on the site.

2025-09-05

U. de Chile

Regulatory Analysis, Conceptualization, and Regulation of Urban Forests: The Panul Case in La Florida Municipality

Bosque Panul is a native sclerophyllous forest located in the precordillera of Santiago, Chile, specifically in the municipality of La Florida. It is an important green lung within the urban environment of the Metropolitan Region, currently facing a significant challenge related to its owners' intentions to develop real estate projects in the forest.

2024-12-16

U. de Chile

Forging Participation: An Ethnography of Expert Civic Culture in Santiago, Chile — The Case of the Precordillera Defense Network

This thesis examines how a citizen association — the Red de Defensa de la Precordillera (RDP) — transforms a native Andean forest in Santiago, Chile, into an object of defense, advocacy, and research.

2023-09-04

U. de Chile

Landscape Connectivity Analysis: Priority Green Spaces for Santiago's Green Infrastructure System

Connectivity is one of the fundamental pillars for the optimal functioning of green infrastructure, as it constitutes an interconnected system of green spaces capable of maintaining flows of matter and energy, biodiversity, and ecosystem services across a landscape.