Southern Concepción | Parks to be designed in the Paicaví-Tucapel Bajo and Vasco da Gama wetlands
- Publicado el 30.10.2023
- Escrito por Angel Fondon
The project will improve the management of these territories and the conservation of their biodiversity by implementing accessible infrastructure for the community.
The municipalities of Concepción and Hualpén signed an agreement with the Cosmos Foundation to create spaces for community connection with nature and green areas with accessible infrastructure. This will serve to transform parts of the Paicaví-Tucapel and Vasco da Gama wetlands, located in the respective municipalities, into urban wetland parks to strengthen the management and conservation of this natural heritage.
Both initiatives are part of the GEF Coastal Wetlands project, run by the Ministry of the Environment, which seeks to conserve the ecological state and coastal ecosystems and their watersheds in south-central Chile, integrating them into local development through sustainable management.
For both the Paicaví Tucapel Bajo wetland, declared an urban wetland in May of this year by the Ministry of the Environment, and the Vasco da Gama wetland, which is in the process of being declared under this protection category, the work with the Cosmos Foundation involves the donation of a lookout design for both ecosystems; the general planning for the creation of a park in these wetlands, which includes architectural, landscaping, and signage design; and finally, the submission of both projects to the Urban Improvement and Community Equipment Program (PMU) to raise funding for their implementation.
Cosmos Foundation Executive Director Diego Urrejola commented that, in his experience, collaboration between civil society organizations and the private and public sectors is essential to achieving wetland conservation goals.