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BRAZIL

XIV Brazilian Apicultural Congress

16-20 July 2002, Campo Grande

Further details from:www.congressodeapicultura.com.br

COSTA RICA

APIMONDIA Symposium: on Tropical beekeeping: research and development for pollination and conservation

16-19 February 2003

Further details from: isanchez@una.ac.cr

GERMANY

APIMONDIA Symposium: Prevention of residues in honey

10-11 October 2002, Celle

Further details from: Dr Werner von der OheE-mail info@bieneninstitut.de

INDIA

International Workshop on Sustainable Beekeeping Development and All India Honey Festival (Apiexhi 2003)

15-19 January 2003, Bangalore

Further details from: Dr MS Reddy

E-mail jenureddy@yahoo.co.in

ITALY

NGO/CSO Forum on |Food Sovereignty

8-13 June 2002, Rome

Further details from:

www. forumfoodsovereignty.org

The World Food Summit five years

10-13 June 2002, FOA Rome

Further details from: www.fao.org

VIII International Symposium on Hazards of Pesticides to Bees

4-6 September 2002, University of Bologna

Further details from: Dr Claudio Porrini

E-mail cporrini@entom.agrsci.unibo.it

JAMAICA

Third Caribbean Beekeeping Congress

16-20 September 2002, Kingston

Further details on page 16

JAPAN

XIV International Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI)

28 July — 3 August 2002, Sapporo

Further details from: Professor Seigo Higashi, Hokkaido University

www.coop.hokudai.ac.jp/gakkai/iussi2002/

KENYA

First PROTA International Workshop

23-25 September 2002, Nairobi

Further details from: Plant Resources of Tropical Africa (PROTA) www.prota.org

MALAYSIA

Symposium on Stakeholders of the Giant Honeybees

March 2003, Pedu Lake

Further details from: Or Makhdzir Mardanwww.bee.upm.edu.my/gianthoneybee2003

PHILIPPINES

7th Asian Apicultural Association Conference

23-27 February, 2004, Los Bafios

Further details from: Dr Cleofas Cervancia E-mail cleofas.cervancia@up.edu.ph

RUSSIA

Intermiod 2002 3" Exhibition and Conference on Beekeeping

11-15 September 2002, Moscow

Further details from: Exhibition Complex

E-mail expostroy@expostroy. ru

SLOVENIA

XXXVIII APIMONDIA International Apicultural Congress

24-29 August 2003, Ljubljana

Further details from: Apimondia 2003

Mr Gorazd Cad, Cultural and Congress Centrewww.apimondia2003.com

SOUTH AFRICA

World Summit on Sustainable Development (Rio’ Earth Summit+ 10)

26 August - 4 September 2002, Johannesburg

Further details from: www.earthsummit2002.org

UNITED KINGDOM

Sixth European Bee Conference

1-5 July 2002, Cardiff

Further details from: IBRA www. ibra.org.uk

Seale Hayne Beekeeping Conference

12-14 July 2002, Newton Abbot

Further details from: jane.ducker@hemscott.net

National Honey Show

14-16 November 2002, London

Further details from: Rev F Capener, Honorary

General Secretary E-mail nathon@zbee.com

[Visit the Bees for Development stand!]

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KENYA

Short Courses

21-27 July and 3-9 November 2002, Molo

Further details from: Baraka College Beekeeping Development Unit

E-mail baraka@net2000ke.com

UNITED KINGDOM/TANZANIA

Beekeeping in Rural Development Training Course

Cardiff University and Njiro Wildlife Research Centre

Further details from: Bees for Development