Prevention and early detection of forest fires
The project seeks to develop and implement a forest-fire prevention and detection system in Ciervo de los Pantanos National Park that improves operations and shortens response times when fires are imminent or risk levels are high.
Ciervo de los Pantanos National Park is located in Campana District, 7 km from the city of Campana and 69 km from the City of Buenos Aires. It covers 5,561 hectares and was created in 2018 on the basis of the Otamendi Nature Reserve. It is recognized as a Ramsar and AICA site and is also part of the National System of Protected Areas.
Real-time environmental monitoring
The detection and prevention methodology will be based on a network of smart sensors that collects real-time environmental data and integrates it with information from the Foundation’s own weather stations and open sources. The system will identify early-warning patterns, detect active fires and analyze fire behavior.
The network includes ultrasonic weather sensors, a fire-identification camera, a CO2 concentration sensor, and soil moisture and temperature sensors. Together, these devices measure air temperature and humidity, wind speed and direction, air pressure, rainfall, airborne CO2 concentration, and soil moisture and temperature.
Protection of a sensitive ecosystem
This area consists of natural tala forests accompanied by elder, ombú and espinillo trees, and is inhabited by a large number and diversity of animal species.
Data and uses of the information generated
The data are monitored and transmitted online to a data logger, then uploaded to the cloud and processed by artificial-intelligence software. The system analyzes the information and can detect fires even before they are visible to the naked eye.
Data
Economic uses
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