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CONSERVACIÓN HUMANA AC
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A LEGACY THAT TRANSCENDS TIME AND BORDERS.
Mexico is one of the five countries with the greatest biological megadiversity and ranks among the top ten in cultural diversity worldwide. Its vast and invaluable natural capital has given rise to the development of diverse cultures, each with unique values, traditions and knowledge.
Conservación Humana, the Huichol people, and the conservationist community come together to face the shared challenge of safeguarding a heritage that transcends time and borders.
PRESSURES
THREATS
Systematic violation of human rights
For five centuries, the economic and social foundations of Indigenous peoples have been systematically dismantled. In recent decades, globalization and governmental integration policies have accelerated the breakdown of the Huichol social fabric, intensifying intolerance, discrimination, and the systematic violation of their human rights. Ninety-nine percent of these violations remain in impunity.
Planetary environmental emergency
The climate crisis and the rapid loss of biodiversity—evident in habitat destruction and the collapse of ecosystem services—directly impact Huichol spirituality, which is rooted in a deep connection with nature. Although Indigenous peoples make up only 6.2% of the world’s population, they safeguard 80% of the planet’s terrestrial biodiversity.
Invasion and violence in territories
Huichol communal territory is constantly invaded by cattle ranchers, illegal loggers, organized crime groups, and evangelical sects, threatening their very existence and aiming to dismantle their ancestral beliefs. Mexico ranks fourth in the world for the number of murdered environmental defenders, and 17% of the territory affected by megaprojects lies within Indigenous lands.
Destruction of sacred sites
Deforestation, mining, pollution from toxins and pesticides, the drying of wetlands, the illegal trafficking of species such as peyote, and the unplanned construction of dams, roads, and highways are devastating Huichol sacred sites and blocking ancient pilgrimage routes. By 2011, Mexico had already lost 53% of its original vegetation cover.
Indigenous Peoples represent 6.2% of the world's population, but safeguard 80% of the planet's terrestrial biodiversity (FAO, 2025).
Disintegration of the social fabric
For five centuries, the economic and social foundations of Indigenous peoples have been systematically dismantled. In recent decades, globalization and government integration policies have accelerated the breakdown of the Huichol social fabric, intensifying intolerance, discrimination, and the systematic violation of their human rights. Ninety-nine percent of these violations remain unpunished.
Disintegration of the social fabric
For five centuries, the economic and social foundations of Indigenous peoples have been systematically dismantled. In recent decades, globalization and government integration policies have accelerated the breakdown of the Huichol social fabric, intensifying intolerance, discrimination, and the systematic violation of their human rights. Ninety-nine percent of these violations remain unpunished.
Disintegration of the social fabric
For five centuries, the economic and social foundations of Indigenous peoples have been systematically dismantled. In recent decades, globalization and government integration policies have accelerated the breakdown of the Huichol social fabric, intensifying intolerance, discrimination, and the systematic violation of their human rights. Ninety-nine percent of these violations remain unpunished.
Disintegration of the social fabric
For five centuries, the economic and social foundations of Indigenous peoples have been systematically dismantled. In recent decades, globalization and government integration policies have accelerated the breakdown of the Huichol social fabric, intensifying intolerance, discrimination, and the systematic violation of their human rights. Ninety-nine percent of these violations remain unpunished.
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