Kōkiri Lab
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AwaKai/Diagnostic mode

AwaKai · Diagnostic mode

How do we know whether a system is healthy?

Ecosystem health can be diagnosed through measurable evidence, not assumed.

Part of Ecosystem Health & Restoration

How AwaKai is used in this mode

  1. 01

    STEM Investigate

    Measure abiotic conditions using quadrats or transects, recording light, temperature and soil composition.

  2. 02

    Think & Create

    Identify interdependence between species and represent a food web showing producer, consumer and decomposer relationships.

  3. 03

    Make & Test

    Trial a monitoring approach and test whether it reliably detects a change in the ecosystem over time.

  4. 04

    Share & Impact

    Communicate a diagnosis of ecosystem health supported by evidence, and propose a possible restoration response.

Your readings in this mode

Repeated readings from the same place are the evidence base for a diagnosis. A monitoring approach is only useful if it reliably detects change over time.

Both modes use the same AwaKai reading log: place, region, water source, pH, temperature and notes.

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