SAEON eNews #06 2025 Link to: SAPRI deploys first Slocum ocean gliders on Agulhas Bank Link to: SAPRI deploys first Slocum ocean gliders on Agulhas

SAEON eNews #06 2025 Link to: SAPRI deploys first Slocum ocean gliders on Agulhas Bank Link to: SAPRI deploys first Slocum ocean gliders on Agulhas

eNews #01 2026 Mobilising Citizen Action for Water Security Through Digital Innovation By Ameera Yacoob, a PhD candidate affiliated with SAEON (Grasslands Node) Issue 06

eNews #01 2026 Bridging Traditional Knowledge and Science: World Wetlands Day 2026 on the Maputaland Coastal Plain By Nozipho Mahlanze, Science Engagement, Grasslands Node, NRF-SAEON

eNews #01 2026 Engaging Minds and Inspiring Creativity: Blue Schools Camp 2026 By Nozipho Mahlanze, Science Engagement, Grasslands Node, NRF-SAEON Issue 06 2025 SAPRI deploys

eNews #06 2025 Sub-Saharan Africa has lost nearly a quarter of its biodiversity By By Dr Hayley Clements and Prof. Dave Thompson, with contributions from

eNews #06 2025 Tribute: Professor William Bond By the SAEON Team Issue 06 2025 SAPRI deploys first Slocum ocean gliders on Agulhas Bank Ocean20: Giving

eNews #06 2025 Inspiring young scientists: Grade 9 learners explore biodiversity at Bonamanzi Game Reserve By Nozipho Mahlanze, Science Engagement, Grasslands Node, NRF-SAEON Issue 06

eNews #05 2025 Grasslands Node showcased at annual Graduate Student Network Indibano By Ameera Yacoob, PhD Candidate, Grasslands Node, NRF-SAEON contents Do protected areas shield

eNews #05 2025 Data in action: Highlights from the Graduate Student Network Indibano By Margaretha Burger, Chairperson, SAEON Graduate Student Network contents Do protected areas

eNews #05 2025 Seed Physiology Summer School: A solo leap to Germany By Lanja Oosthuizen, MSc student and Prof. Dave Thompson, Scientist, SAEON Ndlovu Node

eNews #05 2025 Shaping future ecologists: North-West University and Arid Lands Node join forces in the Karoo By Helga van der Merwe, Nanette van Staden

eNews #05 2025 Adding critical skills to the field scientist toolbox: First aid and fire safety training By Prof. Dave Thompson, Scientist, Ndlovu Node, NRF-SAEON

SAEON eNews #05 2025 Link to: Annual demersal survey: Exciting new discoveries and other benefits Link to: Annual demersal survey: Exciting new discoveries and other

eNews #04 2025 Young scientists dive into water quality exploration By Nozipho Mahlanze, Science Engagement, Grasslands Node, NRF-SAEON contents Running out of heat An ecological

eNews #04 2025 NRF-SAEON spreads its branches within the SA Botanical community By Prof. Dave Thompson, Biodiversity Scientist, Ndlovu Node, NRF-SAEON contents Running out of

SAEON eNews #04 2025 Link to: Running out of heat Link to: Running out of heat Running out of heat As temperatures rise globally, attention

eNews #03 2025 Exploring innovative strategies for sustainable irrigation and smallholder system resilience By Ameera Yacoob, PhD candidate, Grasslands Node, NRF-SAEON contents Can rangeland science

eNews #03 2025 Exploring the hidden: My journey in geohydrology and passion for groundwater By Mkholo Maseko, Groundwater Hydrologist, Grasslands Node, NRF-SAEON contents Can rangeland

eNews #02 2025 Optimising observation standards and data pipelines to enhance impact: The SAEON technical team leads the way By Susan J. Van Rensburg &

eNews #01 2025 NRF-SAEON in the media By Staff Writer Issue 01 2025 SAPRI’s long-term monitoring of top predators at Marion Island Meet the manager

eNews #01 2025 Protecting wetlands for our common future: Voices of Women, youth advancing climate action in Maputaland by Londiwe Gule and Nozipho Mahlanze, Grasslands

SAEON eNews #01 2025 Link to: SAPRI’s long-term monitoring of top predators at Marion Island Link to: SAPRI’s long-term monitoring of top predators at Marion

eNews #06 2024 Inspiring young minds: NRF-SAEON Grasslands Node grade 10 science camp By Nozipho Mahlanze, Science Engagement Officer and Sue J van Rensburg, Coordinator,

eNews #06 2024 LAUNCH: The Expanded Freshwater and Terrestrial Environmental Observation Network By Abri de Buys, Warren Joubert, Helga Knoetze, Kathleen Smart & Gregor Feig,

SAEON eNews #06 2024 Link to: Annual demersal survey: Exciting new discoveries and other benefits Link to: Annual demersal survey: Exciting new discoveries and other

eNews #05 2024 Biomes workshop ignites passion and knowledge in Western Cape educators By Caitlin Ransom, Environmental Science Education and Communications Officer, NRF-SAEON contents Expanding

eNews #05 2024 Expanding grasslands: How climate and livestock changes have contributed towards a grassier Eastern Karoo By Gina Arena, Conservation South Africa and Helga

SAEON eNews #05 2024 Link to: Expanding grasslands: How climate and livestock changes have contributed towards a grassier Eastern Karoo Link to: Expanding grasslands: How

eNews #04 2024 SAEON’s Cathedral Peak LTER platform provides hands-on learning for University of Johannesburg Honours students By Susan Janse van Rensburg, Coordinator: Grasslands Node,

eNews #04 2024 Flying the EFTEON flag high at the annual congress of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa By Lindo Dlamini, Sachin Doarsamy and

eNews #04 2024 Meet EFTEON’s new landscape scientist for biodiversity and ecology contents Navigating the currents: Insights from the ASCA and SEAmester voyage aboard the

eNews #03 2024 Celebrating SAEON women By Dr Mary-Jane Bopape, Managing Director, NRF-SAEON Issue 03 2024 SAPRI participates in the 2024 Marion Island Relief Expedition

eNews #03 2024 ‘I learnt how to think like a scientist’ By Nozipho Mahlanze, Science Engagement, Grasslands Node, NRF-SAEON Issue 03 2024 SAPRI participates in

eNews #03 2024 Professorship for SAEON scientist Dave Thompson By Staff Writer Issue 03 2024 SAPRI participates in the 2024 Marion Island Relief Expedition Cross-nodal

eNews #03 2024 The Mariepskop LTER: A platform for studying contemporary vegetation change in mountain catchments in northern South Africa By Dr Tony Swemmer, Manager,

SAEON eNews #03 2024 Link to: SAPRI participates in the 2024 Marion Island Relief Expedition Link to: SAPRI participates in the 2024 Marion Island Relief

eNews #02 2024 Meet EFTEON’s new landscape scientist for meteorology and atmospheric composition contents Engaged research for impact: Understanding the Maputaland social-ecological system Future outcomes

eNews #02 2024 Participatory approaches enhance science and impact By Londiwe Gule, Biodiversity Intern, Grasslands Node, NRF-SAEON contents Engaged research for impact: Understanding the Maputaland

eNews #02 2024 Future outcomes of choices made today By Mkholo Maseko, Junior Groundwater Hydrologist, Grasslands Node contents Engaged research for impact: Understanding the Maputaland

eNews #02 2024 Engaged research for impact: Understanding the Maputaland social-ecological system By Sue Janse van Rensburg, Coordinator, Grasslands Node, NRF-SAEON contents Engaged research for

SAEON eNews #02 2024 Link to: Engaged research for impact: Understanding the Maputaland social-ecological system Link to: Engaged research for impact: Understanding the Maputaland social-ecological

eNews #01 2024 NRF-SAEON in the media Issue 01 2024 What is the cause of the decline of African riparian forests? Satellite tagging whales to

eNews #01 2024 Insights gained from my first international conference as a geohydrologist By Mkholo Maseko, Junior Groundwater Hydrologist, Grasslands-Forests-Wetlands Node Issue 01 2024 What

eNews #01 2024 What is the cause of the decline of African riparian forests? By Tony Swemmer, Manager: Ndlovu Node, NRF-SAEON Issue 01 2024 What

SAEON eNews #01 2024 Link to: Long-term observations enhance knowledge impact as SAEON extends historic measurements Link to: Long-term observations enhance knowledge impact as SAEON

eNews #05 2023 SAEON showcases freely available weather data to farmers at Bergville Agricultural Expo By Corrina Naidoo, Intern, EFTEON Northern Drakensberg Issue 05 2023

eNews #05 2023 Long-term observations enhance knowledge impact as SAEON extends historic measurements By Susan Janse Van Rensburg and Michelle Warburton, Grasslands-Forests-Wetlands Node Issue 05

eNews #04 2023 NRF-SAEON in the media contents Have your tea and bury it: quantifying decomposition rates using the international Tea Bag Index Using nanotechnology

eNews #04 2023 Celebrating 21 years of world-class environmental research platforms for a sustainable society By Rabia Mathakutha, Research Coordinator: South African Polar Research Infrastructure*

eNews #04 2023 Have your tea and bury it: quantifying decomposition rates using the international Tea Bag Index By Dr Helga van Coller, PDP Research

SAEON eNews #04 2023 Link to: Annual demersal survey: Exciting new discoveries and other benefits Link to: Annual demersal survey: Exciting new discoveries and other

eNews #03 2023 Meet the new members of the GSN steering committee By Buster Mogonong, External Communication Liaison, Graduate Student Network Issue 03 2023 contents

eNews #02 2023 NRF-SAEON in the media Issue 02 2023 contents Fair game with fairy circles Fostering coordination of Earth observations for maximum impact Landscape

eNews #02 2023 Unlocking the vast potential of grasslands to mitigate climate change* By Dr Paul Gordijn, Field Technician, Grasslands Node, NRF-SAEON Issue 02 2023

eNews #02 2023 NRF-SAEON gears up to celebrate 21 remarkable years By Staff Writer Issue 02 2023 contents Fair game with fairy circles Fostering coordination

eNews #02 2023 Landscape scientist brings crucial experience and skills to EFTEON Issue 02 2023 contents Fair game with fairy circles Fostering coordination of Earth

SAEON eNews #02 2023 Link to: Fair game with fairy circles Link to: Fair game with fairy circles Fair game with fairy circles A new

eNews #01 2023 World Wetlands Day 2023: Ensuring science impact through science engagement By Sue Van Rensburg, Gugulethu Tshabalala, Charlene Russell, Abri de Buys &

eNews #03 2022 SAEON in the media contents New field identification guide aids research through showcasing Limpopo’s botanical riches A growing network of African woodlands