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Organized crime groups have been able to continue the expansion of the regional synthetic drug trade -- in particular in the upper Lower Mekong and Shan state of Myanmar -- by maintaining a steady supply of chemicals into production areas despite border restrictions that have impacted legitimate cross-border trade. – Jeremy Douglas	Found on CNN 3 years ago
We cannot just sit around and wait for China to say when they are releasing the water from their dams; Mekong countries need to have a say on this too. – Niwat Roykaew	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
China has overcome its own difficulty and increased water outflow from the Lancang River to help Mekong countries mitigate the drought, we also agreed to strengthen such cooperation within the framework of LMC to ensure the rational and sustainable use of water resources. – Foreign Minister Wang Yi	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The challenge posed by Sam Gor is massive...they traffick drugs out using multiple borders at any one time. They are laundering money through various businesses across the Mekong. – Jeremy Douglas	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I think the future of the river is dire. This is just the beginning, with more dams, the once powerful Mekong River river will become just a small creek. – Ban Nampai village chief	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
With more dams, the once powerful Mekong River river will become just a small creek. – Ban Nampai village chief	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
By highlighting these incredible discoveries by hundreds of the world's scientists, we are sending a message that even though the threats are immense to wildlife in the Greater Mekong, there is still hope for the future, because so many amazing new species are being discovered all the time. – Lee Poston	Found on CNN 5 years ago
There are many more species out there waiting to be discovered and tragically, many more that will be lost before that happens, it doesn't have to be this way. Ensuring that large reserves are designated for wildlife, along with increased efforts to close illegal wildlife trade markets, will go a long way to conserving the extraordinary wildlife diversity in the Mekong region. – Stuart Chapman	Found on CNN 5 years ago
More than two new species a week and 2,500 in the past 20 years speaks to how incredibly important Mekong River is to global biodiversity, while the threats to the region are many, these discoveries give us hope that species from the tiger to the turtle will survive. – Stuart Chapman	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
The Greater Mekong region is a magnet for the world’s conservation scientists because of the incredible diversity of species that continue to be discovered here, these scientists, the unsung heroes of the planet, know they are racing against time to ensure that these newly discovered species are protected and saved. – Jimmy Borah	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Japan would like to work with the countries of the Mekong region to create a framework to support efforts by the Mekong countries in a detailed manner, on a region-by-region basis or on a theme-by-theme basis. – Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There are six countries on one river. The Lancang-Mekong sub-region is our joint home, over the many years of being neighbours we have become family. – Premier Li Keqiang	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

Organized crime groups have been able to continue the expansion of the regional synthetic drug trade -- in particular in the upper Lower Mekong and Shan state of Myanmar -- by maintaining a steady supply of chemicals into production areas despite border restrictions that have impacted legitimate cross-border trade.

– Jeremy Douglas

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We cannot just sit around and wait for China to say when they are releasing the water from their dams; Mekong countries need to have a say on this too.

– Niwat Roykaew

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

China has overcome its own difficulty and increased water outflow from the Lancang River to help Mekong countries mitigate the drought, we also agreed to strengthen such cooperation within the framework of LMC to ensure the rational and sustainable use of water resources.

– Foreign Minister Wang Yi

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The challenge posed by Sam Gor is massive...they traffick drugs out using multiple borders at any one time. They are laundering money through various businesses across the Mekong.

– Jeremy Douglas

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I think the future of the river is dire. This is just the beginning, with more dams, the once powerful Mekong River river will become just a small creek.

– Ban Nampai village chief

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

With more dams, the once powerful Mekong River river will become just a small creek.

– Ban Nampai village chief

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

By highlighting these incredible discoveries by hundreds of the world's scientists, we are sending a message that even though the threats are immense to wildlife in the Greater Mekong, there is still hope for the future, because so many amazing new species are being discovered all the time.

– Lee Poston

Found on CNN
5 years ago

There are many more species out there waiting to be discovered and tragically, many more that will be lost before that happens, it doesn't have to be this way. Ensuring that large reserves are designated for wildlife, along with increased efforts to close illegal wildlife trade markets, will go a long way to conserving the extraordinary wildlife diversity in the Mekong region.

– Stuart Chapman

Found on CNN
5 years ago

More than two new species a week and 2,500 in the past 20 years speaks to how incredibly important Mekong River is to global biodiversity, while the threats to the region are many, these discoveries give us hope that species from the tiger to the turtle will survive.

– Stuart Chapman

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The Greater Mekong region is a magnet for the world’s conservation scientists because of the incredible diversity of species that continue to be discovered here, these scientists, the unsung heroes of the planet, know they are racing against time to ensure that these newly discovered species are protected and saved.

– Jimmy Borah

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Japan would like to work with the countries of the Mekong region to create a framework to support efforts by the Mekong countries in a detailed manner, on a region-by-region basis or on a theme-by-theme basis.

– Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There are six countries on one river. The Lancang-Mekong sub-region is our joint home, over the many years of being neighbours we have become family.

– Premier Li Keqiang

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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