. van Jaarsveld et al. (2005) present a practical application
of ecosystem supply and demand mapping at the subcontinental
scale for Africa, whereas (Kroll et al., 2012) provide a method
for the quantification and mapping of ecosystem services at the
regional scale for a rural-urban region in eastern Germany. These
maps can be used by decision makers for the identification of
supply–demand mismatches across landscapes and their changes
over time (Paetzold et al., 2010). However, caution and patience are
still needed as the expectations from practitioners are already very
high, but most of the maps might still need further refinement with
more detailed spatial data and better socio-economic information
(Kienast et al., 2009)