La evolución del uso del territorio en Galicia

Abstract

In the Galician territory (NW of Spain) we werewith a forest, net comparable landscape to the one of otherEuropean countries of ample forest tradition. This aspect iscorroborated with the data contributed by the present foreststatistics, that they indicate that the two third parts of theGalician territory are forest, being 50% of this surface,hoisted and contributing half of the wood cut annually inSpain. This situation is the result of deep changes happenedin Galician rural means throughout last the 50 years, thepresent forest surfaces lodged then extensive fields ofcereal and grass for different types from cattle cabins. Thetransformations happened throughout centuries XIX and XXare analyzed more determining the keys that haveoriginated the disappearance of the agricultural advantageof the mount, related to socioeconomic aspects, and thesprouting of the forest activity like direct consequence of thecrisis of the previous sectors, than like a bet decided by thisone for the economic to vitalize of rural means. Aprospecting work is carried out in which the strategic linesscore that the forest activity in Galicia must follow to bebased definitively like efficient economic activit