there is overlapping of responsibilitiescompetences concerning the use of wild species and issuance of permits and fees collection between different institutions while some key roles are lacking in the institutional framework ie a nature protection agency in the federation of bosnia and herzegovina this results in poor coordination among sectoral strategies the overlapping of existing relevant legislation nature spatial planning forestry and imprecise and overlapping legislation regulating the use of space and natural resources at the different levels of governance in the country state entity cantonal municipal most of the planned secondary legislation for the area of biological diversity exists but most of the actions these acts provide for have not been implemented