Integration of ecosystem services and social impacts
The interviews were used to identify the participants’ perspectives on the ecosystem services within the case study region and the social impacts that the experts considered to be relevant and caused by interventions in the environment. In quantifying the results of the interviews, these services and impacts were used as indicators: (i) to promote the process of their integration and (ii) to analyze causalities and characteristics. Fig. 3 summarizes the relationships of ecosystem services and social impacts by compressing the stakeholder’s suggestions into the previously developed categories. The result is an assessment of interests, preferences and needs in relation to natural resources, leading to the overall goal the development of a sustainable land use strategy ready for implementation.