The Fund was established to remediate the damage caused by oil pollution, after a major environmental controversy involving the direct dumping of by-product water into the Amazonian rivers of Pastaza, Tigre, Corrientes and Maranon, since the 1970s (Defensorfa del Pueblo., There is also a degree of disconnection between the policy planning led by CEPLAN and public investment decision-making effectuated by MEF. Given that biodiversity projects do not always have readily available and easily measurable outcome and impact indicators, it is often difficult for public agencies to effectively bid for biodiversity funding. Therefore, even if biodiversity might be mainstreamed in national strategies, this may not always immediately translate into implementation.