Abstract
This article tries to remember the traditional trade of resinero in the region of
nominated Tierra de Pinares, the largest compact forest mass in Castilla y
Lion. Many of the exposed data have been obtained through interviews
direct with people dedicated to this trade.
It also aims to publicize the uses and products obtained from the resin,
the collection of the miera or resin and its distillation.
After distillation, among other products, rosin and essence are obtained.
turpentine. Materials widely used in the art world and restores it
in the manufacture of varnishes and solvents or as adhesives in operations
rations of reinforcements of the fabrics and of rentelado.
The resin sector in Spain has long been a resource whose
exploitation has had great social, environmental and economic importance
mica. It is currently in a deep crisis, only a few dozen re
sineros (barely a hundred in Castilla y León) carry out the collection
of the resin. Despite this, it intends to resurface through new methods
more economical extraction processes, genetic improvement to achieve greater
quantity of miera or the mechanization of the extraction process, to be able to
petir in the European chemical industry.