It has been almost 4 years since the hugely successul frst Madhu Duniya meeting inAndhra Pradesh, India.Since those days in November 2007, much progress has been made in the inormal regionalorest honey network – much o it triggered by the intensive sharing o experiences while inIndia.Numerous productive exchange activities have taken place during this time and the MadhuDuniya network has not only urther matured, but expanded considerably since - notably inIndonesia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, and the Philippines.Now, we are excited to be at the threshold o the 2nd Madhu Duniya, this time set to takeplace in Banten, Indonesia, September 20 – 25, 2011 (see photo above).

Mawali women and Barcik (Bangladesh), early in2010, visit Keystone (Nilgiris, India) for training in wax processing.

Sharing Ancient Traditionsand New Developments

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Khadia people (India) celebrating the award, which one of them, Baneshwar Dehuri, received during MD-I for his life-long commitment to the tradition of honey collect-ing and

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management.

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) Japanese tourists happy to learn many new things during the May 201! Mondulkiri Forest Honey Festival. (Cambodia.)”

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Teenagers performing a honey hunting dance during the 2010 ‘Agta Bee Conservation (ABC) planning workshop’ in General Nakar, Philippines. The workshop wasfacilitated by Dr. Chinh of BRDC, Vietnam.”