A Compendium of Research Undertaken through the South African Chapter of the Indian Ocean Rim Association Academic Group

South Africa took over as chair of IORA in October 2017 under the theme “IORA: Uniting the peoples of Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Middle East through enhanced cooperation for peace, stability and sustainable development”, and will hold the chairship until October/November 2019. One of the initiatives by the South African Government has been to establish the South African Chapter of the Indian Ocean Rim Association Academic Group (SA IORAG) as of 2016 through support from the Department of Science and Technology, as well as other government departments, agencies and national councils and facilities. The Secretariat for the SA IORAG is hosted at the South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON) Egagasini Node for Offshore Systems, SAEON is a business unit of the National Research Foundation (NRF). Research contained within this Compendium was supported with funding from the DST and NRF and focuses on the IORA priority areas.