The SAEON Fynbos Node forms part of the South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), a business unit within the National Research Foundation. The Department of Science and Innovation established SAEON to conduct long term environmental observation and promote an informed and timely response to global change.
SAEON is countrywide, with “Nodes” encompassing the major terrestrial, coastal and oceanic environments. Its activities cover the entire research-development-innovation value chain ranging from collecting, processing, archiving and interpreting data; developing data products and services; and interfacing with end users that include policy makers and environmental managers.
SAEON works in collaboration with government agencies, universities, research institutions, industrial partners and civil society.
An application for monitoring the loss of critically endangered Renosterveld shrubland - updated every 10 days
Rainfall and streamflow from the catchments that feed Cape Town’s major dams
A map of existing meteorological, hydrological and ecological datasets and infrastructure to assist with EFTEON proposals.
Demonstration app showing estimates of the impacts of invasive alien plants on stream flow in the Fynbos Biome (as of 2008)
These are projects linked to current grants. See ‘Sites and Datasets’ for long term projects.
Developing robust mechanistic frameworks of plant response to the environment
A South African hydrological model inter-comparison project
Exploring drought impacts on the demography of serotinous Proteaceae
A South Africa - Germany collaboration to understand the impacts of land-use and climate change on South African terrestrial ecosystems
Developing remote-sensing tools for natural resource management