Details for South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
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| Name | |
| Name | South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity |
| Subunit name | |
| Acronym(s) | SAIAB |
| Address | |
| Street | Somerset Street |
| Address extension | |
| Postbox | |
| Postal code | 6139 |
| City | Makhanda |
| State/region | Eastern Cape |
| Country | South Africa |
| Visitor address | |
| Street | Somerset Street |
| Address extension | |
| Postal code | 6139 |
| City | Makhanda |
| State/region | |
| Contact details | |
| Telephone | 0466035800 |
| Fax | |
| General email address | general.enquiries@saiab.nrf.ac.za |
| Logo URL | |
| Web site URL | https://saiab.ac.za/ |
| Description | |
| Description | The South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (NRF-SAIAB) is a national facility of the National Research Foundation (NRF). The NRF-SAIAB contributes to two National Operation Phakisa Labs through which South Africa has identified the potential to develop the Biodiversity Economy and the Blue Economy. With a significant amount of funding from the Department of Science and Innovation and the National Research Foundation, SAIAB has developed several high-level platforms capable of undertaking research in various environments; these have positioned the Institute as an innovative leader in aquatic biodiversity research. All of SAIAB’s activities - research, student supervision and platform provision - support the Higher Education sector in the education, training and development of the aquatic managers and researchers of the future. |
| Selected institution types | |
| Laboratory, Museum, Research institute | |
| Rights | |
| Collection rights | |
| Access rights | Generally accessible to all researchers, but SAIAB staff would prefer to be involved in research where possible, especially where requests for large amounts of material are concerned. |
| Usage restrictions | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Related to | |
| South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity | |
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