Understanding the flow pattern of benefits from ecosystems to people is a problem that has eluded past work in ecosystem services. For many authors, the flow problem has been expressed as a “spatial mismatch” between ecosystem service provision and use (Hein et al. 2006, Costanza 2008). By explicitly demonstrating spatial links from ecosystems to people and the strength of the flow of ecosystem services, we can better demonstrate how specific beneficiary groups gain value from ecosystem services. Particularly in the developed world, the beneficiaries of ecosystem services are often unaware of their dependence on ecosystems. Mapping of the beneficiaries of.
