Its distribution area is nearly 608 ha where annually occur on average 7,296 harvestable plants, nearly 54 to 87% of them being harvested. Mescal production, medicine and fodder are the most important uses of A. We used participant observation, surveys and semi-structured interviews with producers and households of SLA to document agave uses, technological and socio-economic aspects of mescal production, and to estimate extraction rates of agaves. We used bioclimatic modeling to project a map of potential distribution of the species, and ecological sampling to estimate the total availability of harvestable agaves within the territory of SLA. Our case study aspires contributing to analyze general patterns for sustainable use for this and other forest products highly extracted. The unbalanced relation between availability and extraction rates would be an indicator of risk requiring sustainable management strategies. potatorum, extraction rates, management practices and economic importance for SLA households. Our study evaluated distribution and abundance of A. In the community of San Luis Atolotilán (SLA), mescal has been produced for one century but the growing mescal trade is leading to intensified agave extraction. potatorum takes place before sexual reproduction and the over-extraction put local populations at high risk. Agave species have been used for thousands of years in the Tehuacán Valley, but the current mescal production has great impact on populations of the most used species.
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