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This document, the Manual for Inventory of Greater Himalayan Wetlands or GHWI Manual, has been developed to assist governments, professionals, and the public to identify wetlands of national and international importance, and to serve as a basis for prioritizing their conservation in conjunction with sustainable management of natural resources, in particular, water, fisheries and forestry, and national development initiatives. There is a broad and growing consensus that wetlands are critically important ecosystems that provide locally and globally significant social, economic, and environmental benefits.Furthermore, a wetland inventory can provide information to support national programmes and reporting requirements for other international treaties, such as the conventions on biological diversity, migratory species, desertification, world heritage, and climate change. Thus, a wetland inventory can supply information for many purposes and involve many different stakeholders. It is essential that any inventory provides information in a format readily usable by key stakeholders and thus important that users of the information are consulted before any inventory is developed and implemented.