The role of scientists is relevant in today's society, since they are responsible for generating knowledge and technologies that offer improvements in the lives of the general population. Human resources capable of promoting the development of science, innovation and the economy of societies must be generated. This is particularly important in a country like Mexico, which on the one hand possesses great natural and cultural wealth, but on the other, faces a series of social, economic and environmental problems. Among these, the following stand out: a) The scarce economic resources allocated to science and, as a result, the generation of scientists is limited; and b) Only a small part of the students manage to graduate and a smaller proportion manage to graduate. Of the national graduate enrollment, only a small percentage (approximately less than 10%) corresponds to the natural and exact sciences. In the state of Hidalgo, 68.9% of the population has basic education and the average level of schooling is 8.7 years (equivalent to second grade of secondary school). Due to the above, the state is among the five states with the lowest level of education in the country. Twelve percent of the population of Hidalgo has higher education and only 0.1% has postgraduate studies. There are 35 institutions in the state that offer postgraduate studies, but only four of them serve 53.5% of the state's enrollment; the Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo has the highest enrollment. It should be noted that the UAEH is the only institution offering graduate degrees in natural sciences in the state. Among them, the biological sciences stand out, which are in charge of the study of living beings and their interaction with other components of the environment, and are transcendental at a time when biological diversity is diminished by human activity, which leads to environmental degradation and the loss of biodiversity and environmental services. The remaining area of natural vegetation in the country is 65%. According to several studies, tropical rainforests are the terrestrial ecosystems that have suffered the greatest anthropogenic transformations among the major vegetation types in Mexico. Only 17% of the rainforests, 26% of the dry forests and 17% of the forests that currently exist can be considered as conserved.