South African Environmental Observation Network

SAEON Research Nodes

SAEON encompasses seven Research Nodes throughout South Africa and a National Office that is located in the country’s political capital of Pretoria. There are three nodes located in Cape Town. Click on the icons to expand.

Fynbos Node

Long term observation to explore how the abiotic and biotic composition of our ecosystems are changing, and how this affects ecological processes and the services they provide to society

Grasslands Node

Our aim is to contribute to the understanding of global change and highlight the consequences for society

Ndlovu Node

The SAEON Ndlovu Node is a branch of SAEON that focuses on understanding environmental change occurring in the savanna biome of South Africa

ulwazi Node

The data and information management node of SAEON curates data and develops open data systems and applications, which are distributed on an Open Data Platform (ODP).