NatCap Landscape Efficiency Frontiers

Cloud-optimized versions of public datasets used in Polasky et al 2026 Landscape Efficiency Frontiers paper. (CC0)

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Sustainable Landscape Efficiency Frontiers — Input Layers (`public-nci-frontiers`)

H3-hexed input layers for the sustainable landscape efficiency-frontier analysis of Polasky et al. (2026), Science 392:1069 (doi:10.1126/science.aea9058), processed to cloud-native formats (H3 hex GeoParquet + visualization COGs) on NRP S3.

License: CC0-1.0 (public-domain dedication). Input data are from the CC0 Dryad deposit doi:10.5061/dryad.qjq2bvqw5 (Polasky et al. / Natural Capital Project). No attribution is legally required, but a citation to the paper and the Dryad deposit is requested.

STAC

Catalog entry: https://s3-west.nrp-nautilus.io/public-nci-frontiers/stac-collection.json

What's here

All layers are raster-derived H3 hexes (one row per H3 cell; no vector GeoParquet / PMTiles). Selected layers also ship a visualization COG.

Family	Native res	Reducer / semantics	Examples
Economic production value (revenue)	h5 (~9 km / ~8000 ha source parcel)	`mean` — per-ha USD densities; aggregate with AVG, never SUM. Negative = net loss	`crop-current`, `crop-irrigated`, `crop-rainfed`, `palm-current`, `grazing-return`, `forestry-return`
Grazing methane	h5	`mean` — per-ha density (AVG)	`grazing-methane`
Forest Landscape Integrity Index	h8 (300 m source)	`mean` — index (AVG)	`flii`
Land-use transition costs	h8	`sum` — per-cell USD totals; SUM is the catalog total	`tran-cost-*` (restoration, extensification, fixed-area, grazing/forestry expansion, …)
Constraint masks	h8	— binary suitability / slope eligibility

Every layer carries an h5 column — the res-5 layers as native (parents h4,h3,h0), the res-8 layers as an h5 parent — so all layers meet at the paper's res-5 decision unit (~8000 ha). h0 is the hive partition key. Check each hex asset's h3:native_resolution / h3:parent_resolutions in the STAC for the exact set.

⚠️ Reducer semantics matter. Revenue / methane / FLII are densities — aggregate across cells with AVG/MIN/MAX, never SUM. Transition costs are per-cell USD totals — SUM is correct. nodata (0) is excluded during hexing. See the STAC per-column descriptions for the exact value column and units of each layer.

Usage

DuckDB (H3 hex — the primary query target)

MapLibre GL JS (visualization COG via titiler)

Raster layers have no PMTiles; render the visualization COG through a titiler raster-tile endpoint:

For the biodiversity and carbon objectives of the same analysis, see iucn-richness-2025, wwf-ecoregions-2017, irrecoverable-carbon, and wdpa (the IUCN I–IV protected-area constraint).

Citation

Polasky, S. et al. (2026). Science 392:1069. doi:10.1126/science.aea9058. Input data: Dryad doi:10.5061/dryad.qjq2bvqw5 (CC0-1.0).

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Sustainable Landscape Efficiency Frontiers — Input Layers (`public-nci-frontiers`)

STAC

Catalog entry: https://s3-west.nrp-nautilus.io/public-nci-frontiers/stac-collection.json

What's here

All layers are raster-derived H3 hexes (one row per H3 cell; no vector GeoParquet / PMTiles). Selected layers also ship a visualization COG.

Family	Native res	Reducer / semantics	Examples
Economic production value (revenue)	h5 (~9 km / ~8000 ha source parcel)	`mean` — per-ha USD densities; aggregate with AVG, never SUM. Negative = net loss	`crop-current`, `crop-irrigated`, `crop-rainfed`, `palm-current`, `grazing-return`, `forestry-return`
Grazing methane	h5	`mean` — per-ha density (AVG)	`grazing-methane`
Forest Landscape Integrity Index	h8 (300 m source)	`mean` — index (AVG)	`flii`
Land-use transition costs	h8	`sum` — per-cell USD totals; SUM is the catalog total	`tran-cost-*` (restoration, extensification, fixed-area, grazing/forestry expansion, …)
Constraint masks	h8	— binary suitability / slope eligibility

⚠️ Reducer semantics matter. Revenue / methane / FLII are densities — aggregate across cells with AVG/MIN/MAX, never SUM. Transition costs are per-cell USD totals — SUM is correct. nodata (0) is excluded during hexing. See the STAC per-column descriptions for the exact value column and units of each layer.

Usage

DuckDB (H3 hex — the primary query target)

MapLibre GL JS (visualization COG via titiler)

Raster layers have no PMTiles; render the visualization COG through a titiler raster-tile endpoint:

For the biodiversity and carbon objectives of the same analysis, see iucn-richness-2025, wwf-ecoregions-2017, irrecoverable-carbon, and wdpa (the IUCN I–IV protected-area constraint).

Citation

Polasky, S. et al. (2026). Science 392:1069. doi:10.1126/science.aea9058. Input data: Dryad doi:10.5061/dryad.qjq2bvqw5 (CC0-1.0).

1INSTALL httpfs; LOAD httpfs;
2INSTALL h3 FROM community; LOAD h3;
3
4-- Current crop revenue density (USD/ha) — a DENSITY, so average, never sum
5SELECT AVG(crop_current_usd_ha) AS mean_usd_ha
6FROM read_parquet('https://s3-west.nrp-nautilus.io/public-nci-frontiers/crop-current/hex/h0=*/data_0.parquet')
7WHERE crop_current_usd_ha IS NOT NULL;
8
9-- Restoration transition cost — a per-cell TOTAL, so SUM is the catalog total
10SELECT SUM(value) AS total_usd
11FROM read_parquet('https://s3-west.nrp-nautilus.io/public-nci-frontiers/tran-cost-restoration/hex/h0=*/data_0.parquet');

1INSTALL httpfs; LOAD httpfs;
2INSTALL h3 FROM community; LOAD h3;
3
4-- Current crop revenue density (USD/ha) — a DENSITY, so average, never sum
5SELECT AVG(crop_current_usd_ha) AS mean_usd_ha
6FROM read_parquet('https://s3-west.nrp-nautilus.io/public-nci-frontiers/crop-current/hex/h0=*/data_0.parquet')
7WHERE crop_current_usd_ha IS NOT NULL;
8
9-- Restoration transition cost — a per-cell TOTAL, so SUM is the catalog total
10SELECT SUM(value) AS total_usd
11FROM read_parquet('https://s3-west.nrp-nautilus.io/public-nci-frontiers/tran-cost-restoration/hex/h0=*/data_0.parquet');

1map.addSource("crop-current", {
2  type: "raster",
3  tiles: [
4    "https://titiler.../cog/tiles/{z}/{x}/{y}.png" +
5    "?url=https://s3-west.nrp-nautilus.io/public-nci-frontiers/crop-current/crop-current-cog.tif" +
6    "&rescale=-2000,2000&colormap_name=viridis"
7  ],
8  tileSize: 256,
9});
10map.addLayer({ id: "crop-current", type: "raster", source: "crop-current" });

1map.addSource("crop-current", {
2  type: "raster",
3  tiles: [
4    "https://titiler.../cog/tiles/{z}/{x}/{y}.png" +
5    "?url=https://s3-west.nrp-nautilus.io/public-nci-frontiers/crop-current/crop-current-cog.tif" +
6    "&rescale=-2000,2000&colormap_name=viridis"
7  ],
8  tileSize: 256,
9});
10map.addLayer({ id: "crop-current", type: "raster", source: "crop-current" });

NatCap Landscape Efficiency Frontiers

NatCap Landscape Efficiency Frontiers

Sustainable Landscape Efficiency Frontiers — Input Layers (public-nci-frontiers)

STAC

What's here

Usage

DuckDB (H3 hex — the primary query target)

MapLibre GL JS (visualization COG via titiler)

Related catalog collections

Citation

Sustainable Landscape Efficiency Frontiers — Input Layers (public-nci-frontiers)

STAC

What's here

Usage

DuckDB (H3 hex — the primary query target)

MapLibre GL JS (visualization COG via titiler)

Related catalog collections

Citation

Sustainable Landscape Efficiency Frontiers — Input Layers (`public-nci-frontiers`)

Sustainable Landscape Efficiency Frontiers — Input Layers (`public-nci-frontiers`)