Additionally, regional governments were established in 2002, which started creating their departments for natural resources and environmental issues. To coordinate efforts on biodiversity relevant policies, the Commission on Biodiversity started bringing all related national governmental actors together with NGOs, private actors and scientists in order to discuss the relevant issues and to generate trust and stimulate collaboration. The department for biodiversity in MINAM, where the CBD, the Ramsar Convention, CITES and other biodiversity-related issues are managed, coordinated the development of Peru’s NBSAP 2015-2021, which was adopted in November 2014. An extensive participative process, involving governmental, non-govemmental, scientific and private actors from all 25 political regions has been undertaken in order to ensure informed policy-making and create ownership across society.