ABOUT US
Cultural diversity is as necessary for humanity as biodiversity is for nature.
A mosaic of territories with diverse histories and cultures, where nature is preserved and mutual understanding and sustainable development are a reality.
A nationally and internationally recognized biocultural corridor that ensures the survival and rights of the Huichol People.
VISION
A mosaic of territories with diverse histories and cultures, where nature is preserved and mutual understanding and sustainable development are a reality.
A nationally and internationally recognized biocultural corridor that ensures the survival and rights of the Huichol People.
VISION
We are committed to the conservation of the Huichol Bicultural Corridor of routes and sacred landscapes in order to ensure the sustainability of a natural and cultural heritage of universal value.
MISSION
We are committed to the conservation of the Huichol Bicultural Corridor of routes and sacred landscapes in order to ensure the sustainability of a natural and cultural heritage of universal value.
MISSION
- Conservation of cultural landscapes that contribute to global biodiversity and regional sustainable development.
- Advocacy for environmental and indigenous rights.
- Participation and empowerment of local stakeholders along the Corridor.
- Development of mechanisms, together with the Huichol People, that strengthen their cultural continuity.
- Rescue of traditional Mesoamerican routes.
GOALS
- Conservation of cultural landscapes that contribute to global biodiversity and regional sustainable development.
- Advocacy for environmental and indigenous rights.
- Participation and empowerment of local stakeholders along the Corridor.
- Development of mechanisms, together with the Huichol People, that strengthen their cultural continuity.
- Rescue of traditional Mesoamerican routes.
GOALS
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Manuel Llano Vázquez Prada
Coordinator of the Geo-Statistical Information System
Patricio Gutiérrez Ruano
Coordinator of Archaeological Research
Onésimo González Costilla
Representative in Matehuala – Huiricuta
OUR TEAM
Humberto Fernández Borja
DIRECTOR
Joaquín Giménez de Azcárate
Ecology Coordinator
Maika Vera Martínez
Technical Coordinator
Julieta Medina Briones
REPRESENTATIVE IN Zacatecas
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Humberto Fernández Borja
Olga Ruiz Chapa
Secretary
Ricardo Peón González
DIRECTOR
Treasurer
Beverly Velázquez Romero
Julieta Medina Briones
Vocal
VOCAL
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In memoriam
Colette Lilly +
John Lilly +
Phil C. Weigand +
Humberto Fernández Tristán +
Juan Pérez Amor +
Luz Machado Castillo+
Iván Alechine
Rosario Álvarez Gutiérrez
Angélica Aragón
Beatriz Beltrán Medina
Eduardo Boné Morón
Manuel Cervera Aguirre
Alberto Davidoff Misrachi
Janneke de Geus
Carina Espinosa Burillo
Juliana Fanjul
Leonardo Fernández Borja
Julia Unger
Rodrigo Fernández Borja
Fernando Fernández de Córdova Kovlisek
Alejandra Fregoso Domínguez
Eduardo Gamboa Carrera
Begoña Garay López
Adriana García Alonso
Aurora Gaxiola Alcántar
Joaquín Giménez de Azcárate Cornide
Onésimo González Costilla
Mario Gómez Mayorga
Ignacio Gómez Morin Martínez del Río
Phillip J. Tuwaletstiwa
Jessica Gottfried Hesketh
Francisco Ibarra Fariña
Claudia Lechuga Perezanta
Sabine Lemaire Lefranc
Regina Lira Larios
Manuel Llano Vázquez
Edín Alain Martínez Aguirre
Guillermo Martínez de la Vega
Sean O´Hea Icaza
Jesús Otero Leal
Alejandro Palma Verrey
Laurence Tardán Perrín
Carmen Parra
Guillermo Peruccio
James T. Ramey
Eduardo Recamier Mayer
James Ritch Grande Ampudia
Miguel Angel Rodríguez
Marcela Rodríguez de Cortina
Raúl César Romero González
David Romero González
Pedro Saad Jury
Rodrigo Sánchez Ávila
Alvaro Sánchez García
Paz Sastre
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Agencia Española de Cooperación y Desarrollo
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Alliance of Religions and Conservation, Reino Unido
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American Museum of Natural History
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CartoCrítica AC
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Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental AC
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Center for Shamanic Education and Exchange, EUA
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Centro Cultural Casa de Moneda, Real de Catorce
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Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas
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Consejo Regional Wixárika
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Conservación de la Biodiversidad del Centro de México AC
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Embajada del Reino de los Países Bajos
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Ethnologisches Museum, Berlin
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Fondo Mexicano para la Conservación de la Naturaleza AC
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Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes
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Fondation Audemars Piguet, Suiza
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Fundación Cultural Armella Spitallier
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Fundación Real de Catorce Ecológico AC
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Grupo Ecológico Manglar AC
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HOPI Tribe, EUA
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Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
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Lighthawk, USA
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Mediterrania CIE, España
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Museo Zacatecano, Instituto Zacatecano de Cultura Ramón López Velarde
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Ondalinda Careyes
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Peoples and Nature e.V., Berlín
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Pictórica Taller
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Secretaría del Agua y Medio Ambiente, Gobierno de Zacatecas
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Secretaría de Ecología y Gestión Ambiental, San Luis Potosí
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Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
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Think Equal
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UNAM CIECO Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad
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University College London, Institute of Global Health
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University of Colorado Center for Protected Areas Management
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Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
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Universidad Iberoamericana
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We are an independent, non-profit Mexican organization founded in 1995 by a multidisciplinary group. Our work stems from the need to preserve the natural and cultural heritage of society as a whole.
We seek to respond to the Huichol Nation’s historic demand for the recognition and respect of their forms of organization and governance, their culture, their worldview, educational system, and spiritual and ritual practices—including access to and protection of their sacred sites and pilgrimage routes.
Since our founding, and under formal agreements with Huichol authorities, we have developed an initiative to protect the cultural and natural heritage linked to Huichol sacred natural sites and pilgrimage routes. This effort supports their historical continuity, sustainable development, and the defense of their rights.
We magnify our outreach working transversally with international organisations, governmental institutions and non-governmental organisations from Mexico and abroad.
Our strategy focuses on promoting the use of environmental and cultural conservation tools, integrated with economic and social policy instruments, as well as the defense of human rights. The initiative is grounded in and promotes conceptual frameworks developed by organizations such as UNESCO, ICOMOS, and IUCN, among others. Some of these frameworks—such as cultural landscapes, sacred natural sites, and cultural routes—offer innovative opportunities to strengthen social capital and preserve Mexico’s biocultural heritage.