AquaShares has built extensive insight on how resource-based societies – from Kalahari Bushmen sharing water to commercial harvesters sharing wild marine fisheries – have resolved their ‘tragedy of the commons’ problems over the past 10,000 years. The basic solution from around the world has been self-organized local markets built on a transparent design process, trading to provide a financial incentive to conserve, and trust that emerges from a well-structured approach.

By adapting from these timeless approaches, we help you design your own durable system.  How? Our incentives align family’s and firm’s private interests with your public agency’s goals, enabling flexible governance and encouraging adaptive resource stewardship.