The majority of the scholarly articles came from the web of science wos database which accesses articles from over 10000 journals worldwide reuters 2010in addition journal of multi criteria decision analysis and integrated environmental assessment and management were searched separately since they are not part of the web of science database and publish important papers in the field. Multi criteria decision analysis mcda is a structured process and analytical framework for making complex high stake decisions involving competing objectives multiple stakeholders and significant uncertainties it is a powerful tool that can improve the likelihood of achieving intended outcomes increasing stakeholder satisfaction while reducing costs since the mid 1960s decision . Stanford libraries official online search tool for books media journals databases government documents and more. Multi criteria decision analysis mcda is a structured process and analytical framework for making complex high stake decisions involv ingcompetingobjectivesmultiplestakeholdersandsignificantuncer. Multi criteria decision analysis applications described in the reviewed articles grouped by country dots placed on the capital cities 31 decision context and structuring overall the reviewed articles covered five broad and not mutually exclusive topics most of the articles addressed forest management and restoration 25 conservation prioritization and planning 24 and protected