Forest Honey,HealtH & nutrition

SYMPOSIUM

Forest Honey,HealtH & nutrition

SYMPOSIUM

September 19-20, 2011, Botanic Garden, Bogor, Indonesia

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The Forest Honey, Health and Nutrition Symposium is organized by the Forest Honey Net-work Indonesia (JMHI), together with Dian Niaga Jakarta and in collaboration with Manila-based NTFP Exchange Programme South & Southeast Asia (NTFP-EP).The symposium aims to share up-to-date inormation on the nutrition and health benefts o

Apis dorsata

and

Trigona spp.

honey, pollen and propolis. Furthermore, the sharing will takeplace in the context o wider issues aecting orest honey’s position as a specialty nicheproduct.

Day 1

- September 19, 2011

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RegistrationHeri Valentinus, JMHI coordinator, Pontianak - Welcoming RemarksSoesilawati Hadisoesilo, Pusat Litbang Hutan dan Konservasi, Bogor - Opening RemarksMablu, Programme Coordinator Prakruti, Sirsi: ‘Forest Honey in the Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia’Johnny Utama, director Dian Niaga & Koen Verheyen, director AMWAY Indonesia: ‘What consumers(and those in the trade) like to know about (orest) honey.’Jenne de Beer, ISE Field Fellow, Manila: ‘Dierent honeys, dierent issues: an overview.’Pandu Hegde, Appiko, Karnataka: ‘Honey laundering, the case o India’.Coee BreakLeo Maria Robert and Suganthi Thangavel, Keystone Foundation, Kotagiri: ‘Results o testing nutrientand pesticide residue values in Apis dorsata honey/pollen harvested in the Nilgiris; some words ontraditional uses o honey in South India.’Phung Huu Chinh, ormer Director o the Bee Research and Development Center (BRDC), Hanoi: ‘Nu-tritional and health value o bee pollen, with explanation o best ways to handle and preserve.’PlenumLunchIntroduction o aternoon issues and speakersSurendra Joshi, Chairman IHC Working Group or Asian bee honey, Kathmandu: ‘Chemical charac-teristics o A. dorsata honey as compared to A. cerana and A. melliera honey’.Chanpen Chanchao, Assistant Proessor, Dept. o Biology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok ‘Prop-erties and antimicrobial activity o A. dorsata honey; anti-prolierative activity o Trigona laevicepspropolis on human cancer cells’.