Wednesday National

Continue the impact by the drastic change of criterion of the regional Office of Conaf in defending the integrity of protected wild areas, then that in the latest pronouncement by the study of HidroAysen environmental impact (EIA) was opened to the flooding of part of Laguna San Rafael National Park. His new view contrasted with the previous reports of the organism itself, which maintained the thesis of the illegality of this possibility and stated their dissatisfaction with the study.On Wednesday morning the head of the Committee’s subsidiary Aysen pro defense of Fauna and Flora (Codeff), Peter Hartmann, submitted a request to the Regional Comptroller of Aysen in Coyhaique for monitor and enforce the fulfillment of responsibilities and powers in the Administration, protection, national goods, protection of protected wild areas and the implementation of forest law, in this case a National Park, as well as the correct application of the Law 19,300 to then establish violations and corrective measures and penalties that apply. In his presentation leader delivers a history of various situations related to the work and tasks of Endesa – then project HidroAysen – that have affected this protected area, and that despite various complaints made to agencies like Conaf, the seremi of national property and the former National Commission for the environment, the State has not fulfilled its role of protecting this national natural heritagedeclared biosphere reserve by the Unesco in 1979 and mainstay of the presentation to the same organism for its world heritage qualification. An unusual fact is that even found that materialize the Baker 2 dam, the northern part of the wall would be inside this protected area. Then ask for background to the seremi of national assets in 2010 is clearly visible that land of Laguna San Rafael National Park where Baker 2 – 40 metres in height – reservoir dam would be located would be explained Peter Hartmann. .