• RathinaPriya .V
• kishore kumar. M
• Lenin. F
• Manoj B. R

Protection of forest trees against poaching has been a continuous problem for the Forest department as a result of which more valuable trees are sold on the black markets leading to country’s economic downgrade. Soil erosion causes landslides in hilly regions putting lives at stake. Our main objective is to develop a WSN module that gathers vibration and sound parameters to detect slaying of trees and also use GPS sensors to track down smuggling. Consequently, the forest ecosystem would be protected and balanced. The existing system used by the Forest department is to put a steel armor around the tree which prevented axing only to certain extent. Also satellite imagery of forests are used but they cannot guarantee protection for scarce canopy. Cloud covers poses a problem for satellite imaging. Some poachers managed to cut down trees in spite of increasing forest official’s efforts. The proposed system overcomes the need for an automated system by using vibration, sound, fire, smoke, MEM and GPS sensors to detect and track a live poaching scenario. The whole unit including the microprocessor has been fit to the stem of the tree. The initial processing is done using a microcontroller that processes the input from the sensors and sends an alert to the server when the threshold is violated. GPS sensors track the live location of the trees providing an easy way to arrest the criminals. The communication between the tree unit and server is achieved using the Zig-Bee module. The server end comprises of a PC where alerts and live location are displayed to the administrator. Since this is fully automated, protection of trees could be guaranteed till a distant future.

Forest, Poaching, Sensors, MEMS, WSN

"A Cumulative Use of Sensing nodes to Protect Forest Against Poaching", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.483-489, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903D77.pdf

"A Cumulative Use of Sensing nodes to Protect Forest Against Poaching", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp483-489, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903D77.pdf