Critical Natural Assets Optimization Layers - Dataset

Field	Value
Author	SPRING, Oakland, CA USA
Tags	CRITICAL NATURAL ASSETS INVEST OUTPUTS NATURE ACCESS NATURE CONTRIBUTIONS TO PEOPLE NITROGEN RETENTION SEDIMENT RETENTION VULNERABLE CARBON
Places	GLOBAL
Last Updated	December 3, 2025, 20:08 (UTC)
Created	December 3, 2025, 20:08 (UTC)
Natcap Last Updated	2025-12-03T20:08:21.145302+00:00

Cite this dataset

Chaplin-Kramer, R., Neugarten, R.A., Sharp, R.P. et al. Mapping the planet's critical natural assets. Nat Ecol Evol 7, 51- 61 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01934-5

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Use this data in Python

from osgeo import gdal

raster = gdal.OpenEx('/vsicurl/https://storage.googleapis.com/natcap-data-cache/collaborator-data/CNA-neugarten-chaplin-kramer/cna-ncp-optimized_layers/cna_country_optimized_90_local_ncp.tif')
band = raster.GetRasterBand(1)
array = band.ReadAsArray(
    xoff=my_window_x_offset,
    yoff=my_window_y_offset,
    win_xsize=my_window_width_in_pixels,
    win_ysize=my_window_height_in_pixels)