About uLwazi
uLwazi (meaning ‘knowledge’) is one of the seven nodes of the South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON). The Node was established in 2018 to support data management and the development of information platforms and decision-support tools for government departments.
Our open access data systems focus on long-term environmental observation data and operate on the Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) data principles.
By integrating and publishing data and associated products in an understandable and accessible manner we hope to facilitate the decision-making process and allow for a defensible response to a range of social, economic and environmental drivers in South Africa.
The South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON) is a long-term environmental observation and research facility of the National Research Foundation (NRF). SAEON supports well over 100 researchers and students per year, at research sites spread across the land and oceans of South Africa.
