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2017-01-16
Red PrecordilleraMunicipality of La Florida requests that real estate company close access to Bosque Panul
The closure of one of the main entrances to Bosque Panul has surprised visitors. The closure covered the entire area adjacent to the street, which had previously been used as a parking area. A ditch was also dug to prevent cars from entering.
2016-10-20
Red PrecordilleraMunicipality of La Florida fails to monitor environmental damage from chemical industry in Bosque Panul
Every day the owners of Fundo Panul spread tonnes of sand throughout the forest, endangering this fragile ecosystem under the complicit gaze of the Municipality. The community is preparing legal action.
2016-09-27
Red PrecordilleraMAYOR OF LA FLORIDA AUTHORIZES AGUAS ANDINAS PROJECT IN THE HEART OF BOSQUE PANUL
The supposed "protection" of Bosque Panul carried out two years ago by Mayor Rodolfo Carter, with the agreement of Intendant Claudio Orrego, has demonstrated that Panul is totally unprotected.
2016-05-05
Red PrecordilleraMichelle Bachelet will decide the future of Santiago's precordillera this year.
The Nueva Mayoría government has been working for several months on a new amendment to the Santiago Metropolitan Zoning Plan (PRMS) that will affect the entire precordillera of the city — a process being led by Intendant Claudio Orrego, which has been secretive and without citizen participation.
2016-04-19
Red PrecordilleraSantiago under water. Is nobody responsible?
Floods, landslides, deaths, missing people. It seems like a familiar postcard every time it rains in Santiago. As if our city had forgotten that it sits at the foot of the great Andean mountain range, and that the "rain factor" had not been considered in its construction. It seems as though we are mute victims of merciless nature. Is this true?
2015-05-22
Red PrecordilleraThe government's inexcusable explanation for the price of Bosque Panul
The Ministry of Housing responded to the citizen investigation carried out by Red Precordillera denouncing the government's lack of will to resolve the conflict over Bosque Panul. The MINVU justified the passivity of Intendant Claudio Orrego and defended open speculation on the price of the land in order to evade its responsibility.
2015-05-19
Red PrecordilleraCitizen investigation: Corruption puts Bosque Panul at risk
The Municipality of La Florida and the Santiago Intendancy have been laughing at people, abdicating their responsibilities, making secret deals, withholding information, lying — one of their councilmembers accepting pressure in exchange for a position — and a real estate company preparing for battle…
2015-05-19
Red PrecordilleraSOCIAL HISTORY OF RED POR LA DEFENSA DE LA PRECORDILLERA
Red por la Defensa de la Precordillera has existed under this name since 2006, but long before that, residents organized to protect the precordillera of La Florida and Santiago. In the 1990s and beyon
2015-04-25
Red PrecordilleraCommunity park
To all those who feel they are part of Panul
2015-01-26
Red PrecordilleraMayor Carter and real estate company Gesterra increasingly close to completing the destruction of Panul
Just as Red por la Defensa de la Precordillera had foreseen, the agreement between La Florida's mayor Rodolfo Carter (UDI) and real estate company Gesterra to fell Santiago's last native forest has been exposed.
2014-12-19
Red PrecordilleraSantiago on the brink of an environmental crime
We are speaking of Bosque Panul, the last remnant of native vegetation in the capital, which — after a decade of defense by residents — has still not found an institutional solution. Neither the State nor the municipality has taken action, and today the forest continues under real estate threat. To be sure, everyone has pledged to protect it: ministers, lawmakers, intendants, mayors, and councilmembers alike. Yet none has followed through.
2014-12-12
defendamoselpanulGrateful to the Alto Florida Emergency Brigade!
Their mission is to protect the lives, forests, and surroundings of the commune of La Florida, as well as to provide first response to possible accidents and deliver first aid to those in need. It must be noted that they are not firefighters — they are an emergency brigade for protection and first intervention, operating entirely on a volunteer basis with donations from neighbors.