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All of the GERI observatories are equally important to the monitoring of ecosystems on our planet, and the governance of the new global infrastructure has been designed to reflect this.
Regularly rotating the chair of the GERI Governance Board is just one of the ways in which GERI is demonstrating the balance among its members. Each member RI has the role of chair for the Governance Board for six months.

Additionally, GERI’s system of governance utilises sociocracy principles (i.e., dynamic governance), which is built upon the trust and ‘group understanding’ established over several years’ of catalytic workshops, which does not infringe upon the fiduciary relationship with their respective sponsors and shareholders. This is a necessary requirement for international partnerships with different sponsors.


This is a conceptual Landscape map that demonstrates the collective suite of data that makes up the GERI.The data suites (fields) provided by the GERI-member Environmental Research Infrastructure are mapped against the drivers of changes (cause) and the ecological processes (effect). Each ERI is color coded with weighted lines that quantitatively indicates the number of data products/sets and the data suites they contribute towards the GERI.

A suite of working groups is working to develop the common science questions, protocols, parameters, data systems and so on that will be adopted by GERI. The GERI Governance Board meets online bimonthly and in person to coincide with international conferences.