Objective:

To know the social representations of social work students, regarding the socio-natural disasters that occur in their territory and options for intervention/social management that they recognize.

Methodology:

Quantitative method, case study design. Students from the Atacama and Coquimbo regions in Chile who have faced recent SND such as floods, earthquakes and droughts participated.

Results:

The findings show the recognition of the anthropic influence on disasters from extractivism, the prevalence of an eco-centric notion of nature and the importance of professional action as a way to reduce risk.

Conclusions:

Relevance of including in Social Work training, theoretical, methodological and procedural eco-knowledge that problematizes the ethical dimension of the society-territory-nature link.

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