This year world wetlands day marked a remarkable enlistment of nine lakes of Pokhara on Ramsar List. With the effort from government of Nepal, Pokhara Valley Lake Protection Committee, District Development Committee and other consortium partners nine more lakes in Kaski district were listed under the Ramsar Convention on the occasion of World Wetlands Day 2016. During an event organized on 2nd February 2016 at Pokhara, Ramsar Secretariat at Geneva, Switzerland Mr. Lew Yong handed over the certificate to honorable Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation Mr. Agni Prasad Sapkota which certifies the inclusion of Fewa Lake, Rupa Lake, Begnas Lake, Khaste Lake, Kamal Pokhari Lake, Guide Lake, Nyureli Lake, Dipang Lake and Maidi Lake in the list.

With inclusion of this year's nine lakes of Pokhara – Nepal now holds the figure of 10 Ramsar sites in total that are registered in Ramsar list. The international listing of these lakes is important because it now holds the global attention for its sustainable conservation.

The Ramsar Convention, an intergovernmental treaty providing the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and use of wetland and their resource, was signed on February 2, 1971 in the Ramsar city of Iran. Hence, 2nd February is celebrated as World Wetlands Day.

This year's event was supported by the BCN, Hariyo Ban Program, ICIMOD, IUCN, ZSL, Wildlife Conservation Nepal, Himalayan Nature, and CFGORRP/DHM cheering a common motto of "Wetlands for our Future, Sustainable Livelihoods".