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2021-05-05
elmostradorLa batalla por el Panul y las amenazas al último bosque nativo de Santiago
Este ecosistema es de vital importancia para Santiago, ya que limpia el contaminado aire metropolitano. Pero desde 2008 se ha visto amenazado, debido al intento de urbanizarlo. El 13 de enero de 2021, la inmobiliaria Gesterra –propiedad de la familia Navarrete, ligada a Oxiquim, y dueña del fundo Panul, que comprende 543 hectáreas– presentó un proyecto de división predial ante la Dirección de Obras Municipales (DOM) de La Florida, con el que buscan concretar la construcción de calles y alumbrado público. La municipalidad emitió un comunicado negando que existiera un proyecto inmobiliario, aunque días más tarde se desdijo, publicando el acta de observaciones del mismo, con una marca en rojo que decía «rechazado», dando a entender que efectivamente se presentó un proyecto inmobiliario en el sector. Y si bien el actual Plan Regulador Comunal (PRC) de La Florida –que rige desde 2015– prohíbe la construcción de viviendas en el Panul, sí permite los equipamientos. Los dueños del predio, en tanto, advirtieron que iniciarán acciones legales contra el municipio, encabezado por Rodolfo Carter. «Por más que usted insista en esta actitud, El Panul es una propiedad privada y pretender imponerle, en los hechos y por la fuerza, el tratamiento de un parque comunal o público es un abuso de autoridad que no conduce a nada», señalaron desde la inmobiliaria.
2021-05-04
eldesconciertoOPINION: Urban expansion toward Bosque Panul threatens the wellbeing of the Metropolitan Region's population
We must begin to discard the idea that cities are the center of the territory, as they are just one component within it. Faced with the effects of climate change, implementing land-use planning becomes urgent to ensure the functioning of river basins in the face of drought, and this can be supported by protecting native ecosystems.
2021-03-31
Red PrecordilleraWhat 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 PrecordilleraCONFIRMED: 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.
2021-03-15
Red PrecordilleraWhat is the Municipality of La Florida hiding? - A reply in defense of Bosque Panul
Mayor Carter responded that there are no approved housing projects in Bosque Panul, but there are other projects permitted by his Zoning Plan that would equally damage the forest. So the community's question in the complaint is clear: Are there subdivision and/or urbanization projects submitted by Inmobiliaria Gesterra to the Dirección de Obras that fall under the current Zoning Plan?
2021-03-14
Red PrecordilleraReal estate company Gesterra submits project to urbanize Bosque Panul
The company's proposal seeks to subdivide the iconic native forest in order to build roads and other works that will destroy the ecosystem, thereby attempting to pressure for approval of its massive real estate development. The political responsibility for this should fall on the current mayor of La Florida and candidate Rodolfo Carter, who lied in 2015 when he assured that his new Zoning Plan had saved Bosque Panul.
2021-02-28
Red PrecordilleraOwners of Oxiquim-Gesterra sue the community and seek closure of Parque Panul
The Navarrete Rolando family, close to Pinochet and who "acquired" Fundo Panul at a laughably low price during the dictatorship (one million pesos, equivalent to about 20 million today), has sued the community that defends the forest through a legal complaint. This complaint seeks to prevent the community from entering the forest and protecting the ecosystem — something thousands of people do every month, consolidating Parque Panul as an important and necessary green lung for Santiago.
2020-11-16
Red PrecordilleraMunicipality of La Florida seeks to urbanize the entrance to Bosque Panul
In March 2019 Rodolfo Carter met with various real estate companies at the forum and cocktail event "Real Estate Development: La Florida, one of the municipalities with the greatest growth potential i
2020-10-08
Red PrecordilleraOwners of Fundo Panul fail to comply with industrial waste removal plan
The Navarrete Rolando family (OXIQUIM) has once again damaged Bosque Panul by bringing heavy machinery into the forest to remove the tonnes of sea sand and other waste they dumped there for decades. This, despite the State ordering them to remove the sand according to the plan presented by the community, with minimal impact on the ecosystem. The Navarrete family chose to cut the budget and do it their own way, demonstrating once again that powerful families in this country do whatever they want.
2020-07-13
Red PrecordilleraMunicipal guards expel visitors and destroy native flora and fauna of Parque Comunitario Panul
The current mayor of La Florida, Rodolfo Carter, has not only failed to protect Bosque Panul, but has also sent his municipal guards to violently expel visitors from within the park, with no consideration for the flora or fauna.
2020-07-10
Red PrecordilleraAnother small victory for Bosque Panul: industrial waste removal will follow the community's plan
After the Second Environmental Court ruled in favor of Panul and ordered the immediate removal of waste that the Navarrete Rolando family (OXIQUIM) had been dumping for decades, the Superintendency of the Environment accepted the plan developed by the community, which will require the owners of Fundo Panul to remove 3,500 tonnes of sand using small machinery and/or manually, only along the trails designated by the community for this purpose. They will not be allowed to use heavy machinery such as excavators, nor to operate anywhere they choose, as the Navarrete family had intended.
2020-06-11
Red PrecordilleraPress release on the zoning plan change for Hualpén
Regarding the approval of the Zoning Plan for the Municipality of Hualpén, as the organization Panul Parque Comunitario, we reject the approval of the project as a whole, which, from an anthropocentric perspective, seeks to promote the urbanization of the Hualpén sanctuary. This is achieved through the expansion of the industrial zone and a series of actions that undermine the integrity of the local ecosystem — such as filling in wetlands or pushing real estate development to the riverbank — under the pretext of favoring municipal development and establishing tourist and recreational services in order to "protect natural values."