Current population growth, but above all economic and technological growth, has magnified the need of capitalist societies to provide themselves with natural or mineral resources, as well as energy, through fossil fuels, but also from renewable sources. This exploitation of resources generates not only physical scars on the planet, but also an adverse impact on the population. This is why we speak of a veritable explosion of socio-environmental conflicts.  

This seminar deals with some of the conflicts related to the exploitation of resources in rural areas of Spain and Latin America, such as the installation of macro-farms or wind and solar farms, the establishment of industrial agriculture, mining extraction or the abusive use of groundwater. It also raises the challenges of achieving a socio-ecological transformation that preserves the natural and social balance of the different territories. The course is organised by the Diploma of Specialisation in Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability (DICCSA), a critical, pioneering, applied and multidisciplinary postgraduate course, unique in the Valencia Region.