In Defense of the LAST Native Forest of the City of Santiago: El Panul
In the pre-cordilleran corners of La Florida lies Bosque Panul, the last green lung of that commune — a vast tract of land spanning approximately 340 hectares, where neighbors are today in conflict with real estate business interests. This area has become one of the most important in La Florida because it is one of the last places where native vegetation still exists.
Unscrupulous real estate developers have seen it as a business opportunity. But NO — the truth is that we can see it poses a concrete danger to the entire Metropolitan Region community, as this forest acts as an element that helps recognize the situations that produce natural disasters, such as landslides.
The company in charge of the real estate project is called Gesterra, and it intends to use the Panul land to build 1,157 houses and 22 buildings covering around 100 hectares. The problem is that this would result in the elimination of some native forest species that are under legal protection.
Currently, the preliminary real estate project has the approval of the Department of Public Works of the Municipality of La Florida, but thanks to the efforts of its opponents, it was rejected by the Environmental Assessment Service (SEA).
HELP US FIGHT AGAINST THE ELIMINATION OF TREES AND SPECIES FROM THE LAST GREAT GREEN LUNG OF SANTIAGO, AND LET US FINALLY RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT OUR ECOSYSTEM!
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