La Desamortización civil de Madoz. Resultados para los montes públicos en la provincia de Granada 1855-1924

Abstract

The Civil Disentailment of Madoz had important consequences for the forests. The Granada province was  affected by this political decision that had its origin in the Act of 1^st of May, 1855. The consequences of this Law were disastrous in general for our country, and in particular for the Granada province. However, it was from this initiative aiming to get rid of the forests owned by the State, Municipalities and other public bodies, that the first Catalog of Public Utility Forests was born in the year 1901 these forests that were set-aside of the Disentailment by their condition of public utility. In the Granada province, the first classification contained 66 forests, with a total surface area of 114,393.32 ha, excluded from the disentailment whereas 32 public properties with a surface area of 36,244.25ha, were considered alienable. Finally, the Catalog of Forests excluded from the disentailment by their condition of Public Utility in 1901, began with a total of 60 forests, with a surface area of 118.707 h^a. It would be the origin of the current Catalog of Public Forests after a process occurring between 1855 and 1924. In this paper the whole process and the outcomes of disentailment of public forests are analyzed for the Granada province.