The SAEON Arid Lands Node conducts observations on the ecological effects of Global Change and Land Use Changes across the hyper-arid to semi-arid western half of South Africa
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Developing a positive space for locu... Locust swarms are adorning the Karoo veld again, stirring all sorts of emotions in all and sundry. Such mass events following so shortly on dire droughts are truly awesome, no less now than when Anders Sparrman described this spectacle in 1785 and...
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Locust swarms are adorning the Karoo veld again, stirring all sorts of emotions in all and sundry. Such mass events following so shortly on dire droughts are truly awesome, no less now than when Anders Sparrman described this spectacle in 1785 and...
Read moreA growing network of African woodlan... In 2020, the SAEON Arid Lands Node team – led by Dr Helga van der Merwe, Tshililo Ramaswiela and Buster Mogonong – tested the SEOSAW methodology at Benfontein Nature Reserve as part of the EFTEON site development
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In 2020, the SAEON Arid Lands Node team – led by Dr Helga van der Merwe, Tshililo Ramaswiela and Buster Mogonong – tested the SEOSAW methodology at Benfontein Nature Reserve as part of the EFTEON site development
Read moreA fledgling environmental observatio... The establishment of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) presents an opportunity to promote and expand long-term environmental research in the drylands of the Karoo. The National Research Foundation (NRF) now owns about 135 000 ha of land where the h...
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The establishment of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) presents an opportunity to promote and expand long-term environmental research in the drylands of the Karoo. The National Research Foundation (NRF) now owns about 135 000 ha of land where the h...
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