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2025

  • Pereira, P., Inacio, M., Barcelo, D., & Zhao, W. (2025). Ecosystem Services Mapping and modelling. where is the validation? Geography and Sustainability, 6(3), 100286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geosus.2025.100286 

  • Walther, F., Barton, D. N., Schwaab, J., Kato-Huerta, J., Immerzeel, B., Adamescu, M., Andersen, E., Arámbula Coyote, M. V., Arany, I., Balzan, M., Bruggeman, A., Carvalho-Santos, C., Cazacu, C., Geneletti, D., Giuca, R., Inácio, M., Lagabrielle, E., Lange, S., Clec’h, S. L., … Grêt-Regamey, A. (2025). Uncertainties in ecosystem services assessments and their implications for decision support – a semi-systematic literature review. Ecosystem Services, 73, 101714. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101714

  • Baltranaitė, E., Inácio, M., Valença Pinto, L., Bogdziewicz, K., Rocha, J., Gomes, E., & Pereira, P. (2025). Tourism impacts on marine and Coastal Ecosystem Services: A systematic review. Geography and Sustainability, 6(2), 100277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geosus.2025.100277

2024

  • Inácio, M., Baltranaitė, E., Bogdzevič, K., Kalinauskas, M., Valença Pinto, L., Barceló, D., & Pereira, P. (2024). Mapping and assessing the future provision of Lake Ecosystem Services in Lithuania. Journal of Environmental Management, 372, 123349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123349

  • Pereira, P., Pinto, L. V., Kalinauskas, M., Baltranaite, E., Gomes, E., Inacio, M., & Barcelo, D. (2024). A method to map land use impacts on microclimate regulation supply in Urban Environments. MethodsX, 13, 103039. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2024.103039

  • Halder, B., Bandyopadhyay, J., Inácio, M., Banik, P., & Pereira, P. (2024). Impact analysis of cyclonic effects and landform change in part of Indian sundarban using Remote Sensing and google earth engine. Environment, Development and Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-024-05520-6

  • Pereira, P., Kalinauskas, M., Pinto, L. V., Baltranaite, E., Barcelo, D., Zhao, W., & Inacio, M. (2024). A simple method to map pollination ecosystem services potential in urban lawns. MethodsX, 13, 102943. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2024.102943

  • Pereira, P., Inacio, M., Kalinauskas, M., Pinto, L., Barcelo, D., & Bogunovic, I. (2024). A simple method to assess flood regulation supply in urban lawns. MethodsX, 13, 102905. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2024.102905

  • Inácio, M., Pinto, L., Baltranaitė, E., Kalinauskas, M., Burkhard, B., Barceló, D., & Pereira, P. (2024). Mapping and assessing marine ecosystem services supply in the Baltic Sea. Science of The Total Environment, 950, 175199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175199

  • Pereira, P., Inácio, M., Pinto, L., Kalinauskas, M., Bogdzevic, K., & Zhao, W. (2024). Mapping Ecosystem Services in urban and Peri‑urban areas. A systematic review. Geography and Sustainability, 5(3), 491–509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geosus.2024.06.002

  • Pereira, P., Kalinauskas, M., Pinto, L. V., Barcelo, D., Zhao, W., & Inacio, M. (2024). A simple method for mapping winter recreational fishing ecosystem services supply in lakes. A contribution to mapping freshwater ecosystem services. MethodsX, 12, 102764.

  • Pinto, L. V., Inácio, M., Bogdzevic, K., Gomes, E., Pereira, P. (2024). Factors affecting the use of cultural ecosystem services in Lithuanian coastal area. Ocean & Coastal Management, 251, 107095. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107095

  • Pereira, P., Wang, F., Inacio, M., Kalinauskas, M., Bogdzevič, K., Bogunovic, I., Zhao, W., & Barcelo, D. (2024). Nature-based solutions for carbon sequestration in Urban Environments. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health, 37, 100536. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coesh.2024.100536

  • Das, A., Saha, P., Dasgupta, R., Inacio, M., Das, M., & Pereira, P. (2024). How do the dynamics of urbanization affect the thermal environment? A case from an urban agglomeration in Lower Gangetic Plain (India). Sustainability, 16(3), 1147. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16031147

  • Inácio, M., Das, M., Burkhard, B., Barceló, D., & Pereira, P. (2024). Mapping and assessment of Lake Ecosystem Services in Lithuania. Ecosystem Services, 65, 101589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2023.101589

  • Vári, Á., Adamescu, C. M., Balzan, M., Gocheva, K., Götzl, M., Grunewald, K., Inácio, M., Linder, M., Obiang-Ndong, G., Pereira, P., Santos-Martin, F., Sieber, I., Stępniewska, M., Tanács, E., Termansen, M., Tromeur, E., Vačkářová, D., Czúcz, B. (2024). National mapping and assessment of Ecosystem Services Projects in Europe – participants’ experiences, state of the art and lessons learned. Ecosystem Services, 65, 101592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2023.101592

  • Kalinauskas, M., Shuhani, Y., Pinto, L. V., Inácio, M., & Pereira, P. (2024). Mapping Ecosystem Services in protected areas. A systematic review. Science of The Total Environment, 912, 169248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169248

  • Das, M., Inácio, M., Das, A., Barcelo, D., & Pereira, P. (2024). Mapping and assessment of Ecosystem Health in the Vilnius Functional Zone (Lithuania). Science of The Total Environment, 912, 168891. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168891

  • Das, M., Mandal, A., Das, A., Inacio, M., Pereira, P. (2024). Urban Dynamics and its impact on habitat and eco-environmental quality along urban-rural gradient in an urban agglomeration (India). Environmental Challenges, 100824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2023.100824

2023

  • Pinto, L.V., Inácio, M., Pereira, P. (2023). Green and Blue Infrastructure (GBI) and Urban Nature-based Solutions (NbS) contribution to human and ecological wellbeing and health. Oxford Open Infrastructure and Health, ouad004. https://doi.org/10.1093/ooih/ouad004

  • Inácio, M., Barboza, F. R., Villoslada, M. (2023). The protection of coastal lagoons as a nature-based solution to mitigate coastal floods. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health, 34, 100491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coesh.2023.100491

  • Inacio, M., Das, M., Barcelo, D., Pereira, P. (2023). Frameworks for mapping lake ecosystem services. An example from Lithuania. MethodsX 10, 102015.

  • Kalinauskas, K., Bogdzevič, K., Gomes, E., Inácio, M., Barceló, D., Zhao, W., Pereira, P. (2023). Mapping and assessment of recreational cultural ecosystem services supply and demand in Vilnius (Lithuania). Science of The Total Environment, 855, 158590

  • Pinto, L.V., Inacio, M., Bogdzevic, K., Kalinauskas, M.,Gomes, E., Pereira, P. (2023) Factors affecting cultural ecosystem services use in Vilnius (Lithuania): A participatory mapping survey approach, Heliyon, 7, e15384.

  • Das, M., Mandall, A., Das, A., Inacio, M., Pereira. P. (2023) Mapping and assessment of carbon sequestration potential and its drivers in the Eastern Himalayan Region (India). Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, 7, 100344.

  • Valenca Pinto, L., Inacio, M., Pereira, P. (2023) Observation-based data-gathering method to support the assessment of the use of cultural ecosystem services in urban green spaces. MethodsX, 11, 102326.

  • Solokha, M., Pereira, P., Symochko, L., Vynokurova, N., Sementsova, K., Inacio, M., Barcelo, D. (2023)  Russian-Ukrainian war impacts on the environment. Evidence from the field on soil properties and remote sensing. Science of the Total Environment, 902, 166122.

2022

  • Inácio, M., Gomes, R., Bogdzevič, K., Kalinauskas, M., Zhao, W., Pereira, P. (2022). Mapping and assessing coastal recreation cultural ecosystem services supply, flow, and demand in Lithuania. Journal of Environmental Management, 323, 116175

  • Pereira, P., Zhao, W., Symochko, L., Inacio, M., Bogunovic, I., Barcelo, D. (2022). Editorial: The Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict impact will push back the sustainable development goals. Geography and Sustainability. 3, 3, 277-287

  • Inácio, M., Barceló, D., Zhao, W., Pereira, P. (2022) Mapping lake ecosystem services: A systematic review.  Science of The Total Environment, 847, 157561

  • Pinto, L., Inácio, M., Ferreira, C., Ferreira, A., Pereira, P. (2022) Ecosystem services and well-being dimensions related to urban green spaces – A systematic review. Sustainable Cities and Society, 85, 104072

  • Gomes, E., Inácio, M., Kalinauskas, M., Rocha, J., Pereira, P. (2022). Scenarios of future land use/land cover changes: impacts on cropland use in Šiauliai region (Lithuania). Geocarto International, DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2022.2106314

  • Das, M., Das A., Gupta, R., Inácio, M., Pereira, P. (2022). Mapping and assessment wetland ecological risk: a case on a peri-urban wetland of lower Gangatic plain, Eastern India, Geocarto International, DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2022.2089243

  • Pinto, L., Ferreira, C., Inácio, M., Pereira, P. (2022). Urban green spaces accessibility in two European cities: Vilnius (Lithuania) and Coimbra (Portugal). Geography and Sustainability, 3, 74-84

  • Pereira, P., Inacio, M., Bogunovic, I., Francos, M., Barcelo, D., Zhao, W. (2022). Ecosystem services in mountain environments: Benefits and threats.  Pirineos, 177, e068. https://doi.org/10.3989/pirineos.2022.177001

  • Inácio, M., Karnauskaitė, D., Gomes, E., Barceló, D., Pereira, P. (2022). Mapping and assessment of future changes in the coastal and marine ecosystem services supply in Lithuania. Science of The Total Environment, 812,152586

2021

  • Galparsoro, I., Pınarbaşı, K., Gissi, E., Culhane, F., Gacutan, J., Kotta, J., Caban, D., Wanke, S., Aps, R., Bazzucch, D., Cozzolino, G., Custodio, M., Fetissov, M., Inácio, M., Jernberg, S., Piazzi, A., Prasad Paudel. K-. Ziemba, A., Depellegrin, D. (2021). Operationalisation of ecosystem services in support of ecosystem-based marine spatial planning: insights into needs and recommendations. Marine Policy, 131, 104609

  • Gomes, E., Inácio, M., Bogdzevič, K., Kalinauskas, M., Karnauskaitė, D., Pereira, P. (2021) Future land-use changes and its impacts on terrestrial ecosystem services: A review. Science of The Total Environment, 781, 146716

  • Gomes, E., Inácio, M., Bogdzevič, K., Kalinauskas, M., Karnauskaitė, D., Pereira, P. (2021) Future scenarios impact on land use change and habitat quality in Lithuania. Environmental Research, 197, 111101

  • Kalinauskas, M., Miksa, K., Inácio, M., Gomes, E., Pereira, P. (2021) Mapping and assessment of landscape aesthetic quality in Lithuania. Journal of Environmental Management, 286, 112239

  • Miksa, K., Kalinauskas, M., Inácio, M., Pereira, P. (2021) Implementation of the European Union Floods Directive – requirements and national transposition and practical application: Lithuanian case-study. Land Use Policy, 100, 104924

2020

  • Inácio, M., Karnauskaite, D., Baltranaite, E., Kalinauskas, M., Bogdzevic, K., Gomes, E., Pereira, P. (2020) Ecosystem Services of the Baltic Sea: an assessment and mapping perspective. Geography and Sustainability 1, 256-265.

  • Miksa, K., Kalinauskas, M., Inácio, M., Gomes, E., Pereira, P. (2020) Ecosystem services and legal protection of private property. Problem or solution? Geography and Sustainability 1, 173-180.

  • Inácio, M., Miksa, K., Kalinauskas, M., Pereira, P. (2020) Mapping wild seafood potential, supply, flow and demand in Lithuania. Science of the Total Environment, 718, 137356

2019

  • Inácio, M. & Umgiesser, G. (2019). A systems approach framework for coastal management and its application in practice. Journal of Coastal Conservation 23, 877–879.

  • Stottrup, J.G, Dinesen G., Schumacher J., Gillgren C., Inácio M., Schernewski, G. (2019). The Systems Approach Framework for collaborative, science-based management of complex systems. Journal of Coastal Conservation 23, 881–898

  • Inácio, M., Schernewski, G., Pliatsika, D-A., Benz, J., Friedland, R. (2019) Assessing changes in ecosystem services provision in coastal waters. Sustainability 11(9), 2632

  • Karsten, S., Schernewski, G., Inácio, M., (2019). Impact of different reed wetland management approaches on ecosystem service provision. Frontiers in Environmental Sciences 7, 63

  • Schernewski, G., Paysen, P., Robbe, E., Inácio, M., Schumacher, J., (2019). Ecosystem service assessments in water policy implementation: an analysis in urban and rural estuaries. Frontiers in Marine Sciences 6, 183

2018

  • Inácio, M., Schernewski, G., Nazemtseva, Y., Baltranaitė, E., Friedland, R., and Benz, J. (2018). Ecosystem services provision today and in the past: a comparative study in two Baltic lagoons. Ecological Research 33, 1255-1274

  • Newton, A., Brito, A. C., Icely, J. D., Derolez, V., Clara, I., Angus, S., Schernewski, G., Inácio, M., Lillebø, A. I., Sousa, A. I., Béjaoui, B., Solidoro, C., Tosic, M., Cañedo-Argüelles, M., Yamamuro, M., Reizopoulou, S., Tseng, H.-C., Canu, D., Roselli, L., Maanan, M., Cristina, S., Ruiz-Fernández, A. C., Lima, R. F. d., Kjerfve, B., Rubio-Cisneros, N., Pérez-Ruzafa, A., Marcos, C., Pastres, R., Pranovi, F., Snoussi, M., Turpie, J., Tuchkovenko, Y., Dyack, B., Brookes, J., Povilanskas, R. and Khokhlov, V. (2018). Assessing, quantifying and valuing the ecosystem services of coastal lagoons. Journal for Nature Conservation 44, 50-65

  • Schernewski, G., Inácio, M. and Nazemtseva, Y. (2018). Expert based ecosystem service assessment in coastal and marine planning and management: A Baltic Lagoon case study. Frontiers in Environmental Sciences 6, 19

Book Chapters

2023

  • Bicking, S., Almagro, A., Soplin, A., Schumacher, J., Inácio, M., Schernewski, G. & Muller, F. (2023). Assessing Temporal Changes in Ecosystem Service Provisions: Conceiving Future Pathways. In: Schubert, H., Muller, F. (eds) Southern Baltic Coastal Systems Analysis. Ecological Studies, vol 246. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13682-5_26

  • Inácio, M., Schernewski, G. (2023). Temporal Changes in Aquatic Ecosystem Services Provision: Approach and Examples. In: Schubert, H., Muller, F. (eds) Southern Baltic Coastal Systems Analysis. Ecological Studies, vol 246. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13682-5_25

  • Pereira, P., Inácio, M., Bogunovic, I., Symochko, L., Barcelo, D., Zhao, W. Agricultural soil degradation in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. In: Pereira, P., Munoz-Rojas, M., Bogunovic, I., Zhao, W. (eds) Impact of Agriculture on Soil Degradation II: A European Perspective. Volume II. Springer, pp. 59-86. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2023_967

2022

  • Pereira, P., Inacio, M., Kalinauskas, M, Bogdzevič, K., Bugonovic, I., Zhao, W.  (2022). Land-use changes and ecosystem services. In: Pereira, P., Gomes, E., Rocha, J. “Mapping and Forecasting Land Use: The Present and Future of Planning “. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2020-0-02839-2

  • Pereira, P., Kalinauskas, M., Das, M., Bogdzevič, K., Inacio, M., Barcelo, D. (2022). Mapping and assessment of flood regulation supply and demand in Vilnius (Lithuania). In Ferreira, C., Pereira, P. (eds) Urban Soil and Water Degradation. Advances in Chemical Pollution, Environmental Management and Protection, pp. 113-133. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.apmp.2022.10.015

2021

  • Pereira, P., Inacio, M., Karnauskaite, D., Bogdzevič, K., Gomes, E., Kalinauskas, M., Barcelo, D. Nature based solutions impacts on urban environment chemistry: Air, soil and water. In: Ferreira, C.S.S., Kalantari, Z., Hartmann, T., Pereira, P. “Nature-Based Solutions for Flood Mitigation: Environmental and Socio-Economic Aspects“. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2021_760

  • Bogdzevič, K., Kalinauskas, M., Inácio, M., Gomes, E., Pereira, P. Legal implications of natural floods management - Lithuania case study. In: Ferreira, C.S.S., Kalantari, Z., Hartmann, T., Pereira, P. “Nature-Based Solutions for Flood Mitigation: Environmental and Socio-Economic Aspects“. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2021_768

2021

  • Inácio, M., Karnauskaitė, D., Mikša, K., Gomes, E., Kalinauskas, M., Pereira, P. Nature-Based Solutions to Mitigate Coastal Floods and Associated Socioecological Impacts. In: Ferreira, C.S.S., Kalantari, Z., Hartmann, T., Pereira, P. “Nature-Based Solutions for Flood Mitigation: Environmental and Socio-Economic Aspects“. Springer publishing house. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2020_675

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Other Publications

  • Inácio, M., & Pereira, P. (2024). Analysing vegetation cover changes in protected areas: An example from Lithuania. Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences, 343–352. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48532-9_32

  • Inácio, M., Das, M., Shuhani, Y., Pinto, L., Bogdzevič, K., Kalinauskas, M., & Pereira, P. (2023). A multi-temporal assessment and mapping of Lake Recreation Ecosystem Services: An example from Trakai Region (Lithuania). 17th International Conference Monitoring of Geological Processes and Ecological Condition of the Environment, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.2023520193

  • Shuhani, Y., Das, M., Pinto, L., Inácio, M., & Pereira, P. (2023). Are nature-based solutions effective to improve flood regulation in Vilnius Center? 17th International Conference Monitoring of Geological Processes and Ecological Condition of the Environment, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.2023520024

  • Das, M., Das, A., Inacio, M., & Pereira, P. (2023). Impact of urbanization on carbon emission in Kolkata megacity region (India). 17th International Conference Monitoring of Geological Processes and Ecological Condition of the Environment, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.2023520020

  • Inácio, M., Shuhani, Y., Das, M., Pinto, L., Bogdzevič, K., & Pereira, P. (2023). Mapping and assessing wind energy potential, supply and flow in Lithuania. 17th International Conference Monitoring of Geological Processes and Ecological Condition of the Environment, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.2023520029

  • Inácio, M., Lapelė, M., Kalinauskas, M., Jasinavičiūtė, A., Pereira, P. (2022). Land Use Transitions in Lithuanian Protected Areas Between 1990–2018. 16th International Conference Monitoring of Geological Processes and Ecological Condition of the Environment, 2022. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.2022580168

  • Inácio, M., Gomes, E., Pereira, P. (2021). Lake ecosystem services of Lithuania: a methodological approach for mapping and assessing changes on a multitemporal perspective. 15th International Conference Monitoring of Geological Processes and Ecological Condition of the Environment, Monitoring 2021. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.20215K2032

  • Pereira, P., Inacio, M., Gomes, E., Zhao, W. (2021). Mapping the supply and demand of regulating air chemical composition in Lithuania. 15th International Conference Monitoring of Geological Processes and Ecological Condition of the Environment, Monitoring 2021. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.20215K2027

  • Inácio, M., Gomes, E., Bogdzevič, K., Karnauskaitė, D., Kalinauskas, M., Pereira, P. (2021) Mapping the accessibility to terrestrial natural and cultural areas in Lithuania. 20th International Conference Geoinformatics: Theoretical and Applied Aspects. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.20215521023

  • Gomes, E., Inácio, M., Mikša, K., Kalinauskas, M., Pereira, P. (2020). Methods for mapping and assessment drivers of change effects on terrestrial and marine ecosystem services in Lithuania. Geoinformatics 2020 - XIXth International Conference "Geoinformatics: Theoretical and Applied Aspects". https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.2020geo018

  • Robbe, E., Schernewski, G. and Inácio, M. (2018). Assessment of Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Services and its importance within Environmental Policy Implementation. In: Marine Ecosystem Services. Ed. by L. Berger. Bonn: Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN-Skripten 521),978-3-89624-258-7, doi: 10.19217/skr521

  • Inácio, M., Schernewski, G., Nazemtseva Y., Paysen, P., Friedland, R., (2017). Ecosystem Services Assessment of German Baltic Lagoons. In Ozhan E. (Editor), Proceedings of the Thirteenth International MEDCOAST Congress on Coastal and Marine Sciences, Engineering, Management and Conservation, MEDCOAST 2017, 31 Oct – 04 Nov 2017, Mellieha, Malta, MEDCOAST, Mediterranean Coastal Foundation, Dalyan, Mugla, Turkey, vol1-2, 1266p.

  • Inácio, M. (2016). The Ecosystem Services Assessment Tool (ESAT) – Assessing ecosystem services and tracking their changes over time. Coastal & Marine 25, 8-9

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