Nepal | The Convention on Wetlands, The Convention on Wetlands

Entry into force

17 April 1988

Ramsar sites

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Surface area of

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All sites in Nepal

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Participants World Wetlands Day Celebrations Nepal.
Department of national Parks and wildlife conservation Nepal.

Participants at the essay competition on World Wetlands Day 2017
Department of National Parks and wildlife conservation, Nepal

Phewa Lake in Nepal
Ramsar Convention

Lew Young Senior Regional Advisor Asia, joins World Wetlands Day Celebrations in Nepal
Ramsar Convention

This is tiger lake situated in the northern part of tikauli biological corridor. This lake is present on the sal forest and is managed by allowing it for fish farming. The community forest is responsible for overall protection and management of forest.
Udit Aryal

Twenty thousand lake ( Bis Hajari Lake) situated inside the Chitwan National Park , Nepal. It is registered in World Wetland Site( Ramsar site) in the habitat of many aquatic plants and animals. Gharials and other reptiles are found here. It is also the source of water to Khageri irrigation project which irrigate most of the part of western site of Chitwan. many organisation and local bodies are working for protecting the site.
Upakar Bhandari

A group of community people including women group, Government line agencies and stakeholder working together for the cleanliness of the water resources on the World Wetlands Day for the conservation of environment.
Ananda Phuyal

The Jagadishpur Reservoir Ramsar Site supplies approximately 40,000 people with water

Chitwan National Park
Prachan Bhujel

The Joys water brings in every form of lives!!
Bikram Thapa Magar

Fishing
Bikram Thapa Magar

Wetland being used as a mode of transportation,
Rishav Adhikari

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