People, Planet, Prosperity Pilot Country Data Package - Cook Islands - Dataset

Field	Value
Author	Natural Capital Alliance, Stanford University
Tags	FLOOD NDR NUTRIENT SDR SEDIMENT URBAN FLOOD RISK
Places	COOK ISLANDS MURI LAGOON RAROTONGA
Last Updated	January 8, 2026, 23:43 (UTC)
Created	December 11, 2025, 23:33 (UTC)
Natcap Last Updated	2026-01-08T23:43:12.731784+00:00

Cite this dataset

Delevaux, J.M.S., A. Guerry, S. Wolny, H. Weeks, A. Tuiravakai, F. Nicholas, T. Koteka-Wiki, A. Nia, B. Panzarella, L Sijp, S. Whatarau, A. Tiraa, E. Moana Patai, M. Pelli, S. Iftekhar, K. Katich, L. Tama (2025). Financing Nature as a Solution for Flood Mitigation and Water Quality. People, Planet, Prosperity Final Report Cook Islands. The Natural Capital Project at Stanford University https://doi.org/10.25740/vp957rb4419

Embed this layer into your website

<div id="map" style="width: 100%; height: 400px;"></div>

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<script>
  var map = L.map('map').setView([0, 0], 4);

  L.tileLayer('https://tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png', {
    attribution: '&copy; <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright">OpenStreetMap</a> contributors'
  }).addTo(map);

const addwatershedsMurishp = async () => {
  const r = await fetch('https://data.naturalcapitalalliance.stanford.edu/download/natcap-projects/PeoplePlanetProsperity_Country_Data/Cook_Islands/Cook_Islands_3Ps_data_pkg/Model_inputs_outputs/FloodRisk_Raro_Muri/FloodRisk_inputs/watersheds_Muri/watersheds_Muri.mvt');
  const geojson = await r.json();
  L.geoJson(geojson).addTo(map);
};

addwatershedsMurishp();
</script>

Use this data in Python

from osgeo import gdal

vector = gdal.OpenEx('/vsicurl/https://data.naturalcapitalalliance.stanford.edu/download/natcap-projects/PeoplePlanetProsperity_Country_Data/Cook_Islands/Cook_Islands_3Ps_data_pkg/Model_inputs_outputs/FloodRisk_Raro_Muri/FloodRisk_inputs/watersheds_Muri/watersheds_Muri.mvt')
layer = vector.GetLayer()
for feature in layer:
    geometry = feature.GetGeometryRef()
    print(geometry.ExportToWkt())


# Geopandas example
import geopandas

gdf = geopandas.read_file('https://data.naturalcapitalalliance.stanford.edu/download/natcap-projects/PeoplePlanetProsperity_Country_Data/Cook_Islands/Cook_Islands_3Ps_data_pkg/Model_inputs_outputs/FloodRisk_Raro_Muri/FloodRisk_inputs/watersheds_Muri/watersheds_Muri.mvt')