On this occasion, soldiers of the Fernando Landazábal Reyes Artillery Battalion planted nearly 450 trees native to region. They in the same way carried out a forestation rescue, which consists of properly taking orchids and rosemary to be taken to a better habitat by the corresponding authorities.
This environmental operation was led by the Local Municipality of Usme, thanks to a collective work of local organizations, such as the Water Network, Passion for Usme, Guarda Páramos, local community, and in addition, the Government Secretariat, the Ministry of Environment , the Botanical Garden, the National Police and the National Army.
The “Entrenubes” Ecological Park has been the focus of news in recent days, since there have been fires and indiscriminate logging, due to the illegal appropriation of these lands. In addition to the above, captures have been made within these illegal urbanizations, since the authorities have detected points of sale of narcotics, cockfight arenas and houses construction mafias.
Source: National Army
