Our Areas of Expertise:
We assist clients to identify and record their resources, to set up governance structures, and to create management plans. We also undertake a wide range of policy research for government departments and specialize in the development of frameworks for integrated environmental management.

Synexe is currently undertaking a research project looking at best practice governance models for environmental management by community and indigenous groups. This research also looks at various planning documents that can be used by these groups and provides an analysis of the role that they play in environmental management.

Synexe is currently completing a project that will identify opportunities for freshwater aquaculture in New Zealand for Te Wai Maori Trustee Ltd. The project will also consider the impact of freshwater on wild stocks, national and international models, and whether or not freshwater aquaculture is viable mechanism for providing for customary interests.
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The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development (www.hks.harvard.edu/hpaied) has pushed forward thinking about development for indigenous groups not in only in America but around the world. read more »
Synexe has been undertaking a multi-year study looking at how indigenous groups are working to create effective governance structures.