Wetlands Management Department (WMD) in the Ministry oWater and Environment as a lead agency for the management of wetlands has been coordinating the implementation of the Wetlands Sector Strategic Plan that underpins the importance of promotion of knowledge on environment and natural resourcesA number of strides have been undertaken to generate country wide and reliable data on wetlands in order to improve their management. Key among the actions have been to map the extent, classes and distribution of wetlands and also detail the wetland ecological features, types, activities in a wetland,threats to a wetland, ownership and conservation measures.