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Mālama ʻāina · To care for the land

Moku Stewardship

Each of Hawaiʻi's 33 moku is a living district of lands, waters, and community. Its stewards are the cultural and land organizations who mālama ʻāina — care for the land — in those moku today, and the people being trained to coordinate that work next. Mokunet's job is specific: it records each moku's projects, data, and partnerships on one shared, trusted map, with a traceable record of who did what, and where.

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Who stewards a moku

Mokunet does not assign stewardship — it records it. Two groups carry the work.

Cultural and land organizations, today

Practitioners, farmers, and ʻāina-based organizations already work in these moku and know them best. Mokunet records their projects and data on the shared map, connects them to programs and partners, and attributes each contribution to the moku it serves.

Stewards in training, through Hui Koʻe ʻĀina

Hui Koʻe ʻĀina, the network's research and training partner, trains the next generation of stewards to coordinate land-specific work across a moku — from field observation to program planning. Meet the partners.

Seven pillars of moku stewardship

In each moku, stewards look after the parts of community life that matter most. Each pillar lines up with a UN Sustainable Development Goal — seven of the nine goals the network's programs align to — tying local care to global commitments.

Food SystemsWater ResourcesEnergyEconomic DevelopmentSustainable CommunitiesClimate ActionLand Ecosystems
How the pillars align to the SDGs — and where the numbers come from

From vision to impact

Every project moves through four steps, and each step is recorded — so a steward can always see what was planned and what was done. Measuring impact against island baselines is being built; the record each project leaves is what will make that measurement trustworthy.

1
Goal & Scope
Stewards define what matters for their moku and community.
2
Inventory
Producers, researchers, and community groups contribute local data.
3
Impact Assessment
Environmental and social impacts measured against island baselines.
4
Interpretation
Stewards review results in the context of their moku and SDG goals.

Grounded in standards the world trusts

Mokunet is built on open standards — community management, lifecycle assessment, records governance, and supply-chain traceability — with the UN Sustainable Development Goals as the gateway: nine goals connect local work in each moku to global targets, and to Hawaiʻi's own 2050 Sustainability Plan and Aloha+ Challenge. See the standards, and what each one does.
You see your moku and your kuleana — your role and your place shape the view. Planners, hub managers, facilities crews, and land stewards each work with the projects, programs, and data that match their work.