Alleviating Conflict over Water and Environmental Resources
We help you find answers to matters concerning water and environmental management. Equally as important, we offer responsible solutions that create sustainability and peace for future generations.
Some of the world’s greatest social problems revolve around water. People hold diverse views about how water should be used and why. We believe that inclusion of community values is imperative for natural resource planning. Accordingly, we work with varied stakeholders to address complex problems.
Our specialty is multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs).
See our mission statement.
NEWS
What Water is Worth is a book that looks beyond commodified values of water. Authors
Kira Artemis Russo and Zachary A. Smith say non-monetary values are often overlooked.
CASE Studies
In a study conducted between 2011 and 2013, Kira Russo found that, amid various political conditions, water managers are not always able to include for water all values that their communities hold. The research lends to... read more