Presentation lecture of the Chair that took place on May 24th, 2013. Some reflections on the importance of environmental ethics are included, in order to reinforce our commitment to environmental conservation. Some anthropological approaches to human-nature relationships are reviewed, as well as their consequences on behavioral habits and ethical attitudes.

This paper highlights that the ultimate causes of the environmental crisis and as well as the search for solutions require a deep reflection beyond scientific, technical or economic criteria, in which, Environmental Ethics can be very useful,since environmental planning and management depend largely on our vision of nature and how we propose our relationship with the environment. It also highlights the importance of protected areas and river areas, both for nature conservation itself and for the human being in multiple aspects. Finally, the desirability of a greater inclusion of ethical considerations in environmental policies and in the different levels of environmental planning and management is presented, paying special attention to the territorial dimension.

Lecture presented at the I Spanish Congress of Ecoethics, in which a reflection on the relationship between man and nature is proposed from the perspective of co-belonging.

Lecture presented at the I Spanish Congress of Ecoethics. The author analyzes several case studies on diverse issues: from ethics in energy models, through studies of economic valuation of ecosystem services or environmental management programs in universities, to environmental dilemmas posed by the consumption of wild animal meat in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

Lecture presented at the I Spanish Congress of Ecoethics in which there is a review of some relevant authors to understand both animal ethics and the relationships between it, ecoethics and bioethics in a broad sense. Based on her experience, the author emphasizes that in such complex issues it is not easy to find solutions, although we must not stop asking questions that lead us to a better understanding of the problems.