Basoa Euskal Herriko historian zehar

Abstract

In the Ancient Regime the wood was the center of life. Most activities turned round the wood during this period: human feeding, animals’ food, hunting, the house’s heating, coal industry, buildings, the implements of farming, household and technique, navigation and so on. That is why the wood was so close to the development of these activities. The rivalry between these activities and the wood was very big both in Gipuzkoa and Bizkaia. Nowadays things have changed, for the wood hasn’t got such an economic relevance. At the present, the interest towards the wood is centred on nature’s preservation and its destruction.