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Even though Chile is known worldwide for the beauty of its natural environment it appears to be threatened in many ways. One of them is the lack of environmental consciousness from its elite that seem to work hand in hand with greedy developers. The must-see movie 180 degrees South shows the beauty of the country but gets into the environmental threats that Chile is facing.
During our trip we meet several local surfers who expressed their worries about wild coastal development wondering how building permits for luxury gated communities were issued on Tsunami zoning land (Chili has a high seismic activity) without any prior environmental impact studies.