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South-East Asia : Opium survey 2012

9 November 2012

With a total area of over 58,000 hectares in 2012, most opium poppy cultivation in South-East Asia takes place in Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar and Thailand. In order to assess the scope of opium poppy cultivation and opium production in the region, UNODC has been conducting opium surveys in cooperation with the Governments of Lao People's Democratic Republic (since 1992) and Myanmar (since 2002), while Thailand has established its own monitoring system. This report contains the results of the UNODC-supported opium poppy cultivation surveys in Lao People's Democratic Republic and Myanmar. In addition, the results from the opium poppy surveys implemented by the Government of Thailand are presented in this regional overview.

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