Monitor a Marine Environment

Ecosystems and HabitatsKaitiaki/Conservation
Written By Kim Manunui

Become a citizen Scientist by monitoring a marine environment.

Marine Metre Squared is a fun and easy way to get involved in scientific monitoring of your local coastal environment.

Simply select an area of your local coastline to monitor and explore, record all the plants and animals your can see in a 1 m x 1 m square patch, then share your findings online with other Mm² members.

Monitoring the plants and animals on our shores helps us to understand their abundance, distribution, and how these may change over time due to environmental disturbances.

The Marine Metre Squared project is being run by the New Zealand Marine Studies Centre, University of Otago.

Click HERE to find out more about how to do this activity, how to download the sheets that you need, how to register your results and how to claim a Toyota Kiwi Guardian Medal for doing it.

Click HERE for resources.

Kim Manunui

Hi, I’m Kim and I work with a great team to help individuals, as well as small and not so small businesses get their message, product and services to the world using digital media and creating wonderful websites that don’t cost the earth.

I was born in Canada, and grew up around Vancouver and the mountains of British Columbia. My love of pristine environments led me to New Zealand and eventually to the mountains, lakes and rivers of the central North Island which is home. My family’s heritage is here, and it’s from here that Korio traverses the planet.

The digital world is never static and neither are we.

And I say ‘we’ because I work with an awesome group of talented people who I gather together as required to complete a project.  Whatever your business, not-for-profit or individual needs are we gather the best team to get the job done.

Collaboratively we are creative, share sustainable values and work hard for great outcomes because that’s the buzz of satisfaction that drives us.

If you have an audience and market to reach, we can make that happen. Creative design, words that work and smart behind the scenes stuff that cuts through the online noise. We’ll design your website and then build it. We’ll manage the content as well as all your hosting needs. We can handle your online advertising so you get noticed,
and we’ll manage your social media presence so you get the clicks, likes and engagement to grow your business. All within the budget you set, because none of this needs to cost the earth.  And the job doesn’t stop when your website goes live. We are your virtual business partner.

https://www.korio.co.nz
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