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| Chile’s Santiago Severely “Tree Challenged” |
| Written by Asia Lindsay |
| Thursday, 26 November 2009 22:09 |
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“Santiago has approximately 6.3 million trees and we need to have about 18 or 20 million, ” said Juan Ignacio Domínguez at the UC agriculture school. Vitacura, Santiago’s greenest region. Photo by Garchauro (Flickr) About the writer![]() Asia LindsayAfter a disasterous job-attempt in Peru involving bricks, jenga and flimsy safety helmets, Asia fled the country and turfed up in Santiago. She now spends her time writing for the Santiago Times and Revolver, teaching at a school in La Pintana and, like the rest of the crew, eating lots and lots of palta. |


A recent Catholic University study found that Greater Santiago has an acute dearth of trees and green spaces, especially in the western part of the region.