The project also came up with a database compiling the distribution of species of habitats in the selected 122 potential Natura 2000 sites and their conservation status. The database is currently based in and under the ownership of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and even though it is regarded as functional, it is not operational due to political disputes over centralized databases like this one. The existing 30 protected areas in the country cover only 2.07 per cent of the national territory (1,063 km2). The management of existing protected areas is also a matter of considerable concern.