Disentangling ecosystem services perception by stakeholders: An integrative assessment based on land cover

Understanding where ecosystem services (ES) are and quantifying their supply using stakeholder? information is key for effective sustainable management. This paper describes a participatory methodology extracting stakeholders’ ES perception continental Portugal based on land cover analytical hierarchy process (AHP), matrix-based approach with data visualization techniques, scenario analysis. Results show that drought regulation was the most valued by stakeholders recreation considered least important. also “Agricultural areas “Forests semi-natural areas” classes provide about two-thirds of total country. An “Economic development” will yield negative values all except food supply, whereas an “Environmental increase ES, supply. Finally, “Sustainable scenario, presents between previous two scenarios best operational from to report mapping assessment can be helpful planning in elsewhere.