Ramsar Sites of Nepal

The Ramsar Convention(The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, especially as Waterfowl Habitat) is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands. It is named after the town of Ramsar in Iran. The convention was developed at a meeting in Ramsar on February2, 1971 and came into force on December 21, 1975. Its headquaters is located in Gland, Switzerland shared with the IUCN.

The Ramsar sites of International Importance now includes 1,847 sites. The nation with the highest number of sites is the United Kingdom at 166; the nation with the greatest area of listed wetlands is Canada, with over 130,000 km2, including the queen Maud Gulf site at 62,800km2.