TREE POACHING AND FOREST FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM USING LORA COMMUNICATION

– The rising trend of forest fires and poaching activities poses a serious threat not only to biodiversity but also to the environment and human life. Forests are essential not only for environmental balance, the survival of wildlife species but also for regulating climate patterns. However, conventional systems based on manual patrolling, watchtowers, and camera surveillance systems have some drawbacks such as high maintenance costs, delayed response time and inability to reach some forest areas because of their remoteness. Thus, there is a necessity to develop an advanced automated and cost-efficient system for monitoring forests. The purpose of this project is to develop the Tree Poaching and Forest Fire Detection System, which will help in providing constant monitoring and sending immediate alerts about any changes that may pose a threat to the ecosystem in the form of poaching and forest fires. This system is built on the use of LoRa (Long Range) communication technology, and it includes two main modules: the transmission module installed in the forest and the receiving module installed in the monitoring center. The transmitting unit comprises Arduino UNO microcontroller with flame and smoke detectors for detecting forest fires and vibration and sound detectors for poaching monitoring.