Social (recreational] services represent by far the most important value, with a share of 50% of the reported total marketed services value. Looking at the reported data - and the difficulties in this respect - one should be cautious regarding the validity of the given value of the marketed services at a countiy-level -and even more at a European-level. Looking forward, the implementation of NATURA 2000 as well as the development in climate mitigation policies suggest that we will see increasing use of market based instruments to support the provision of these ecosystem services.