bh economy i natural resources bosnia and herzegovina is mostly 53 of territory covered with deciduous evergreen forests the total 2 7 million hectares high cover 1 3 sprout around 900 000 wood from bosnian very quality in terms both conifer growth increase water possibly most valuable resource because it abundant addition all currents are a good condition chemical organic purity there sufficient for purposes drinking irrigation agricultural land industrial use especially development hydroelectric power sector export electric placement potable spring offers great opportunities to balance its foreign trade largest rivers bih sava bosna neretva una vrbas drina which has an extremely powerful hydropower potential rich various ore coal iron bauxite lead zinc mercury manganese established reserves these ores 9 billion tons lignite 63 37 brown 718