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The AGRED Mission:
“AGRED’s guiding principle is to perpetuate the natural African heritage through sustainable utilisation of gamebirds in a manner that benefits rural communities and the sport of shooting, while meeting the highest standards of conservation management.”
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Welcome to the new look AGRED website. After 4 years we felt it was time to give the website a spring clean. This is in line with the exciting events and progress we have made at AGRED towards the goals we announced late last year.
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Shoots & Courses
The AGRED Shooting calendar is currently being drawn up for 2009. All members will be sent the calendar as soon as it is available.
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Dedicated Hunter
A person with Dedicated Hunter status may own more than four firearms. More info
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Licences
The AGRED office can issue provincial gamebird hunting licenses for the Free State and Mpumalanga to AGRED members. More Info
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Vrede Gamebird Conservancy
Project Germination is a multiple-use gamebird conservancy, benefiting AGRED members, the local farming communities and increasing gamebird numbers through wise habitat management. More info
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Policies
Captive Breeding of Gamebirds for Shooting in South Africa. More info
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Recent News
Every gamebird enthusiast knows that francolins and partridges appear on roads in the early morning and late afternoon, and are usually absent from roads during the middle of the day.
We have been studying and monitoring Greywing Partridge Scleroptila africanus and Swainson’s Francolin Pternistis swainsonii at Fairview Farm, Vrede District since 2006. Many hours of personal observation have generated possible reasons as to why this behaviour occurs. More...
The Vrede project began in 2006, centred on Fairview farm owned by David Lowry and managed by Nic Lowry. The object is to develop a model of sustainable and ethical gamebird management and utilisation which can be used widely throughout South Africa. The elements involved in developing this model are described in this article.
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The pivotal importance of maize in the ecology of the Yellow-billed Duck in South Africa has not been fully recognised.
The development of AGRED’s Vrede gamebird conservancy has provided a new understanding on the ecology of the Yellow-billed Duck. More...
Several AGRED and CHASA members have contacted AGRED for an opinion on a recently-published proposal for a standardised list of gamebird species, bags and limits for all South African provinces. The same proposal was tabled at a March meeting of the Wildlife Forum (a meeting of national, provincial and government agencies and the hunting industry). In short, AGRED has substantive differences with the proposal. More...
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Trust Registration No. 519/90 Non Profit Organisation No. 025-910-NPO
Donations to the Trust are, as provided by law, tax deductible.
AGRED
P.O. Box 87070, Houghton 2041, Johannesburg, RSA
Telephone/Fax. Tel. +27 (0) 11 782 8756, e-mail: AGRED@netdial.co.za
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