SAEON Ndlovu Node - Your eye on savanna environmental change

The vision of SAEON is a comprehensive, sustained, coordinated and responsive South African Earth observation network that delivers long-term reliable data for scientific research and informs decision-making for a knowledge society and improved quality of life.


The SAEON Ndlovu Node is the node of SAEON (www.saeon.ac.za) that keeps an eye on environmental changes in the savanna biome of South Africa.

Hosted by the South African National Parks (SANParks), the Ndlovu Node is located within the Kruger National Park at Phalaborwa. Our focus is currently on the widespread environmental changes occurring in the both protected and rural areas, including river degradation, and losses of ecosystem productivity and biodiversity resulting from land use / management and global climate change. Outreach also forms a major part of the Node's activities, with a focus on exposing secondary school learners to environmental issues, and promoting careers in the environmental sciences.

We need your help to monitor climate change

Join our Citizen Science Programs

Birds Eye View migration monitoring


We need members of the public, particularily in the savanna regions of SA to assist us in recording the arrival dates of common migratory birds. This information will contribute to very crucial information about how climate change is impacting our birds migratory behaviour.

To read more about the bird migration project click here
To download the registration form click here



Climate Buddy flower monitoring

We need members of the public, particularily in the savanna regions of SA to assist us in recording the first flowering dates of indigenous South African plants. This information will contribute to very crucial information about how climate change is impacting our flora.


To download the registration form click here







'Turn a New Leaf tree leaf monitoring

We need members of the public, particularily in the savanna regions of SA to assist us in recording the first leafing dates of indigenous South African tress. This information will contribute to very crucial information about how climate change is impacting our flora.


To download the registration form click here