Progress in collecting environmental data and reporting on the state of biodiversity remains hindered. Budgetary allocations for nature conservation and biodiversity monitoring are low' and insufficient for proper conservation measures. Public involvement and interest in the matters of nature conservation is sporadic and often misguided when it comes to local communities’ understanding of and support for establishing new protected areas on their territory. Nonetheless, the number of protected areas in the country is slowly increasing, as nature conservation is being recognized in the adopted spatial planning documents and several projects aimed at increasing the national protected area network in Bosnia and Herzegovina.