Case Studies

When fishing activity off Hawaii inadvertently harms the local false killer whale population, CBI and CONCUR facilitate negotiations that lead to full consensus on management changes and research activities to reduce whale takes while preserving the fishing fleet's financial viability.

CBI conducts a study to evaluate multi-stakeholder dialogues run by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, and identifies six key principles for effective dialogue.

CBI assesses stakeholder concerns about the redevelopment of Assembly Square in Somerville, MA, convenes key stakeholders to assess their readiness to mediate, and issues a conflict assessment outlining areas of agreement and disagreement.

CBI launches innovative website that provides a database on managed retreat and connects municipalities threatened by rising sea levels.

The World Bank, which manages a substantial energy program supporting Nepal’s government, engages CBI to conduct an analysis of the conflict dynamics around transmission siting and to propose potential mechanisms for resolving them.

CBI helps build consensus among diverse stakeholders for structuring a new groundwater agency, the Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency, required by California's Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.

CBI collaborates with residents, government officials, and an environmental solutions specialist to map a way forward for an offshore community in Chesapeake Bay.

CBI helps build and support a team of federal and state scientists from across different disciplines and institutions to design the North American Bat Monitoring Initiative.

CBI and Ceres bring together a coalition of organizations and investors, working to advocate for and support implementation of corporate non-deforestation palm oil commitments, to align on a shared set of expectations for greater transparency and consistent reporting on palm oil value chain sustainability.

CBI facilitates public forums across New England to provide citizen input into how to develop shared data and methods, and coordinate effectively among federal and state agencies for wide-ranging uses of U.S. territorial waters in the northeast Atlantic for the Northeast Regional Planning Body.

The U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management engage CBI to assess the public’s values, interests, and concerns related to Browns Canyon National Monument to inform the development of a national monument management plan.

The Nature Conservancy engages CBI to design and facilitate a global process to expand its Great Rivers Partnership to include new river basins, broaden its network of International River Basin Management partners, and establish a plan for integrated management.