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Communal forests, or Montes Veciñais en Man Común (MVMC), are a specific form of communal land tenure and a singular legal category in Galicia. The growing demographic decline in rural areas and, particularly, in inner areas of Galicia has led to a decrease in the economic interest of forest resources. The complexity of the different management modes or levels of organization of forest communities cannot be explained through a homogeneous interpretation. The objective of this paper is to determine the types, distribution and sources of conflicts, and to describe the role of conflicts as catalysts or barriers for common land management. For that purpose, local, provincial and regional newspaper reports about forest communities were compiled from libraries and the conflicts reported in the media were defined and classified. Spatial analyses, descriptive statistics and statistical classification methods were used to find correlations between the different social, economic or environmental variables involved. Our results reveal a very uneven spatial distribution of conflicts over common land and a stronger impact of social and environmental factors over economic factors. In addition, this paper discusses the interpretation of the higher or lower degree of conflict as a positive or negative contribution to the management of privately owned common land and explains how factors such as the demographic situation in the area, the relationship with the Forest Administration and the incorporation of new actors in the region account for the current situation and the changes in management models.Additional key words: collective private ownership, conflict, uneven spatial distribution. ResumenDiferentes aproximaciones a la visión social en la gestión de tierras comunales: el caso de Galicia (España)Los Montes Vecinales en Mano Común (MVMC), son una forma específica de tenencia de la tierra comunal con una categoría jurídica singular en Galicia. El declive demográfico cada vez mayor en las zonas rurales particularmente en las zonas interiores de Galicia ha ocasionado una disminución en el interés económico de los recursos forestales. Los diferentes métodos de gestión y niveles de organización de las comunidades muestran una realidad compleja que no puede ser explicada a través de una interpretación única. El objetivo de este trabajo es determinar los tipos, la distribución y las fuentes de origen de los conflictos, para describir su papel como catalizadores o barreras para la gestión. Para ello, fueron recopilados informes de los periódicos locales, provinciales y regionales acerca de las comunidades forestales, y las noticias de conflictos se definieron y clasificaron de acuerdo a un análisis espacial, estadística descriptiva y métodos de clasificación numéricos, encontrándose correlaciones entre las variables sociales, econó-micas o ambientales. Nuestros resultados muestran una distribución espacial muy desigual y un mayor impacto de los factores sociales y medioambientales sobre los factores económicos en los confli...

International audienceContextDensity management diagrams (DMDs) are useful for designing, displaying and evaluating alternative density management regimes for a given stand-level management objective. The inclusion of variables related to crown fire potential within DMDs has not previously been considered.AimsThe aim of this study was to include isolines of variables related to crown fire initiation and spread in DMDs to enable identification of stand structures associated with different types of wildfire.MethodsBiometric and fuel data from maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) stands in NW Spain were used to construct DMDs. Different surface and crown fire behaviour models were used together to estimate crown fire potential.ResultsThe crown fire potential varied greatly throughout development of the maritime pine stands. Low stands were more prone to crowning. The type of crown fire was mainly determined by stand density.ConclusionThe DMDs developed can be used to identify relationships between stand structure and crown fire potential, thus enabling the design of thinning schedules aimed at reducing the likelihood of crowning

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