Marine and coastal ecosystem services mapping and assessment - an application to the Cascais municipality

• Autor(a) principal: Aceto, Luca
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/153986
• topic: Ecosystem services; Sustainable use of the ocean; Economic valuation of environmental goods; Portuguese blue economy; Ecosystem assessment; Ecosystem mapping; Natural capital; Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão

Anthropogenic pressures threaten the provision of marine and coastal ecosystem services (MCES) that are essential for human well-being. Ecosystem-based marine spatial management that is informed by mapping and assessing MCES and pressures is needed. Using an expert-based matrix approach based on literature findings, this study maps and assesses the potential capacity of MCES provision in Cascais and Sines. The results show that provisioning services are potentially provided at high levels, whereas regulatory and cultural services are only provided by certain habitats. The potential pressures were identified, which relate mainly to recreational and tourist activities in Cascais. An expert survey was conducted to obtain more precise data, the results of which cannot yet be presented.