IoT based Anti-poaching and Fire Alarm System for Forest

Poaching of wild animals and forest fire have been a major concern in many countries. The recent fire incident in Australia has highlighted the need of detecting forest fire in its initial stages. Poaching has a huge imbalance in the ecosystem, due to poaching many endangered species are now on the brink of extinction. A framework of IoT based Anti-poaching and Fire alarm System (IAFS) designed in this paper comprises of three sensors, i.e., temperature sensor, smoke sensor and Light Dependent Resistors (LDR) sensor. The proposed IoT based IAFS device consists of Arduino board which collects all the data from these sensors and relays the information to the cloud. The cloud platform continuously monitors the data and sends an alert notification via SMS to the forest officials whenever there is any intrusion detected. The aim of this proposed IAFS is to be able to remotely monitor forest cover and poaching of wild animals. Even with all the addition of extra manpower to curb the poaching activities and safeguard the forest, it is still inefficient owing to the large and dense forest area. The proposed IAFS enables forest officials to monitor the forest area and collect data of any intrusion remotely.