Some marginalized Spanish forest areas view the circular bioeconomy proposal as an alternative solution and an opportunity required by both global and local challenges. This article aims to contribute to decision-making and to a forest-bioeconomy proposal design from a qualitative perspective by analysing resilience strategies in the south of the aragonese region on three levels, namely private forest owners (PFO) practices, resources/assets, and governance, and three scales, forest, community and territory. The