 So, given the diversity of their functions and uses, it is vital for their conservation and sustainable management to adopt a multi-sectoral and inter-institutional coordination across the different stakeholders and labels of government. Furthermore, to enable inclusion of pitlands in existing regulations or in the development of new ones, a country should adopt a national definition of pitland based on scientific evidence. Also, priorities for pitland conservation and sustainable management should be identified by inventorying them and assessing their roles and functions in the landscape, considering communities inhabiting and using them. It is therefore critical for governments to invest in deepening and promoting scientific knowledge on pitlands and to communicate their societal benefits and the costs arising from damaging them. So the first example that comes to my mind is the case of Peru. This year, the country published a supreme decree on multi-sectoral and decentralized management of wetlands. This is the first official document providing a national definition for pit and for pitland. One of these decreased articles stipulate that public authorities must adopt special measures for pitland conservation, rehabilitation and sustainable management, given their socio-economic importance and the services they provide for climate change adaptation and mitigation. The decree allows the use of pit for autoconsumption, subsistence, domestic abuse and sustainable and traditional activities, but prohibits its extraction for commercial purposes. The government took action on integrating pitlands into national policies based on scientific evidence brought by national and international scientists and practitioners, and in indigenous communities. This is the result of a long-term and fruitful collaboration between government and non-government actors through a transparent process. Further steps are still required for a full recognition of pitlands such as their explicit integration in climate change strategies like Red Plus and NDCs.