DESIGN OF A WSN NODE FOR FOREST TREES AGAINST POACHING

Abstract

The WSN nodes are designed to be energy-efficient, cost-effective, and capable of sensing various environmental parameters. We discuss the selection of appropriate sensor nodes and the integration of advanced technologies, to enhance the WSN's ability to identify and differentiate between human and wildlife movement within the forest. To ensure robust data transmission, we
propose a hierarchical communication protocol that allows nodes to relay information efficiently, forming a self- healing and self-organizing network. Furthermore, we implement an intrusion detection system that can detect any attempt to tamper with the nodes or the network. The deployment strategy is based on the analysis of historical poaching patterns and the identification of vulnerable areas. By distributing nodes intelligently, we aim to maximize the coverage of the forest while minimizing the number of nodes required for the surveillance, thus optimizing resource utilization. To validate the effectiveness of our proposed WSN node forest, we conduct extensive simulations and real-world field tests. The results demonstrate the system's ability to promptly detect poaching
activities and alert relevant authorities in real-time, aiding in the rapid response to potential threats. The proposed WSN node forest showcases a promising solution for safeguarding vulnerable forest areas against poaching. By leveraging cutting-edge technology and
environmentally sensitive design, our approach contributes to biodiversity preservation and provides valuable insights for wildlife conservation efforts. Nowadays there are many incidents about smuggling of trees like Sandal, Sagwan etc. These trees are very costly and meagre. Smuggling/theft of most important trees such as sandal wood in forests, poses a serious threat to forest resources, causes significant economic damage and ultimately has quite a devastating effect on the environment all over the world. These trees are very costly as well as less available in the world. These are used in medical sciences as well as cosmetics. Because of huge amount of money involved in selling of such trees smuggling occurs. To restrict their smuggling and to save forests around the
globe some preventive measures needs to be deployed. We have developed a system which can be used to restrict smuggling.
The design system uses three sensors tilt sensor to detect the inclination of tree when its being cut, temperature sensor to detect forest fires, sound sensor for effective detection of illegal logging i.e