South African Environmental Observation Network
South African Environmental Observation Network
SAEON manages three research infrastructures developed by the Department of Science and Innovation as part of the South African Research Infrastructure Roadmap (SARIR).
SAEON manages and maintains national research infrastructures across South Africa. These include Expanded Freshwater and Terrestrial Environmental Observation Network (EFTEON), Shallow Marine and Coastal Research Infrastructure (SMCRI) and South African Polar Research Infrastructure (SAPRI). Hover on each site to find out more details.
EFTEON aims to provide and operate a network of instrumented landscape-level platforms for the South African environmental research community, focused on socially relevant terrestrial landscapes and their coupled hydrological systems.
The SMCRI provides an array of instruments and physical research platforms around the coast of South Africa and its sub-antarctic islands to collect long-term reliable data for scientific research to help decision makers formulate appropriate environmental policies to lessen the risk and vulnerability of the coastal zone to climate and global change.
The SAPRI is designed as a consortium hosted at the South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON). The ultimate objective of SAPRI is to enable balanced research growth across the polar disciplines, and to maintain and further expand the world-class long-term observational datasets already established.
Node | Contact Person | Phone | Address | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EFTEON | Dr Gregor Feig | gt.feig@saeon.nrf.ac.za | Tel: +27 (83) 883 0144 | 56 Florence Street, Colbyn, Pretoria, 0083 |
| SMCRI | Dr Shaun Deyzel | Tel: +27 (41) 504 4604 | Block A, Room 24, NMU Ocean Sciences Campus, 4 Gomery Avenue, Summerstrand, Gqeberha | |
| SAPRI | Dr Juliet Hermes | jc.hermes@saeon.nrf.ac.za | Tel: +27 (21) 100 4549 | 5th Floor, Foretrust Building, Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town |