ANGADI is  a Mexican association of ranch owners, dedicated to the conservation, management and sustainable harvesting of the resources of flora and fauna that grow and are produced in México.
 
     ANGADI was officially formed and recognized by the national cattle raisers confederation (CNOG) and the Federal Government (SAGARPA and SEMARNAT) on May 16, 1987

OUR MISSION

     To inform, promote, and obtain knowledge for the preservation and sustainable harvesting of wildlife (flora and fauna) as a fundamental pillar of the cultural, ecological and economic heritage of Mexico.


OBJECTIVE

     Promote, encourage, and organize ranch owners and cattle producers to also be good stewards of the land in order to provide adequate habitat for Mexico's Native Flora and Fauna species. In doing so, ranch owners and cattle producers can benefit economically by creating a sustainable population of fauna which can be selectively harvested.

OUR COMMITMENT TO MEXICO

     Preserve Mexico's biodiversity and take advantage of the present for  the economic diversification of the rural sector, in doing so We assist the federal Government in implementing it's diversified cattle raising model and producing sustainable levels of wildlife which can be selectively harvested, We are also active in recommending and advising the federal government on general wildlife laws and regulations.

ANGADI IN THE NATIONAL CONTEXT

          Today, ANGADI is the most important and largest organization of wildlife producers in Mexico.

     At the end of 2004 ANGADI had  over one thousand five hundred ranch owners registered as UMAS (Management units for the conservation of Wildlife)  covering a total of  9.8 million hectares or about 25 million acres of natural habitat. Over 70 different species of wildlife are hunted on these UMAS; over 1000 species of flora and fauna are also found on these UMAS which are not hunted or marketed.

     ANGADI has offices in several states for an efficient operation, including Aguascalientes, Baja California, Coahuila, Chihuhua, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Nuevo León, Sonora and Tamaulipas.