The Minister of National Assets, Javiera Toro, accompanied by the portfolio’s Metropolitan Seremi, Germán Pino, delivered a free occupancy permit to the Municipality of San José de Maipo for a polygon of almost 450 hectares corresponding to the Mirador de Cóndores, which It is located within the “Fundo Río Colorado” fiscal land, administered since 2016 by the ministry.
This permit will enable the municipality to begin work to mitigate the effects of tourists on the ecosystem and biodiversity, as well as their safety after the increase in tourism in the sector.
Minister Toro stressed that “we understand this step that we are taking as part of a larger process of protecting the Cajón del Maipo, of the natural and ecosystem value that we have here and what that means for the Metropolitan region and the entire country, the value of the water reserves, and here we have the delegate who has given such a great fight years ago for the care of water in the Region, so we are very happy to contribute with a grain of sand”.
“This project combines various elements: we have to guarantee that our use of the territory protects the natural heritage, but we also have to guarantee free and regulated access and that is why the intersectoral work that is done with local and regional authorities is so important so that be a comprehensive project,” he added.
Likewise, the Secretary of State explained that during the validity of this permit, progress will be made in the processing of a long-term concession that allows progress towards a municipal nature reserve.
Meanwhile, the governor of the Metropolitan region, Claudio Orrego, stated that this “is probably one of the areas with the highest concentration of condors in all of South America, a very important place for our country from the point of view of wildlife protection.” and that unfortunately it was being misused, with safety problems for people and damage to the environment”.
“The Regional Government will put $135 million to finance the Mirador de Cóndores so that it is part of the sustainable tourist offer of the Region. So not only do we have to celebrate the occupation permit of National Assets, we also have the lucas to start”, added.
For his part, the mayor of San José de Maipo, Roberto Pérez, pointed out that “we will be able to approach the territory of the Mirador de Cóndores, approach it in a way that care can be taken and sustainability of the sector, care of the environment and also of the people who dare to go up to the viewpoint”.
“We hope that it will benefit the community, the local economy and everything that this instance of work together with the central government can generate,” he added.
It should be noted that the project will consist of three stages: temporary closure of the site, construction of enabling tourism infrastructure, and development and implementation of the Management Plan.
