Where there is a multiplicity of management responsibilities and a general lack of legislative
coordination, the likely result is administrative confusion55
and reduced effectiveness of wise use
measures. Systematic institutional coordination is clearly needed but is impeded in most countries,
though for differing reasons. Developing countries may have limited capacity and resources for
such coordination. Countries with economies in transition have often undergone dramatic changes
in resource management and land ownership systems and there may be confusion over new
institutional mandates. Institutional resistance to new approaches can be particularly entrenched in
developed countries which have many-tiered administrative structures established over decades.