TerraGuard
An autonomous acoustic monitoring system that deploys robust, solar-powered field units in forests and protected areas. Each unit is equipped with on-device AI that listens 24/7 for threat sounds — and transmits real-time alerts to park rangers.
Protected forests without protection
The Gran Chaco spans over 1.1 million square kilometers across Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil. It is one of the most biodiverse dry forests on the planet — and the region with the highest deforestation rate in the world. Every year, hundreds of thousands of hectares disappear due to illegal logging, land clearing and poaching.
Existing conservation tools were not designed for this scale. Satellite imagery arrives days late. Patrol routes cover a fraction of the territory. Rangers on the ground cannot detect threats in real time across vast, roadless landscapes. By the time evidence reaches a desk, the damage is already done.
Listen. Classify. Alert.
Deploy
Robust solar-powered units are installed at strategic positions along the forest canopy. Each device is weatherproof and designed to operate autonomously for months without maintenance.
Listen
On-device AI continuously processes audio, classifying sounds against a library of known threats — chainsaws, gunshots, vehicle engines and other indicators of illegal activity. All inference runs locally, with no connectivity dependency whatsoever.
Alert
When a threat is detected, the unit transmits a real-time alert with location, classification and confidence level. Rangers receive notifications via SMS or a dedicated mobile app, enabling rapid response before irreversible damage occurs.
Built for the Gran Chaco
The Gran Chaco is one of the most hostile operating environments on the continent. Summer temperatures exceed 45 °C. Dust storms, torrential rains and months without cloud cover are the norm. Connectivity is scarce or nonexistent. Any system that cannot survive these conditions autonomously is useless here.
TerraGuard units are designed exactly for this reality. Heat-tolerant enclosures, high-efficiency solar panels and ultra-low-power processors ensure continuous operation. All classification happens on device — no cloud dependency, no latency, no data costs. When connectivity is available, alerts are transmitted instantly. When it is not, events are queued and transmitted at the next opportunity.
Solar-powered, weatherproof field hardware
On-device AI inference — works without signal
Detects: gunshots, chainsaw sounds, vehicle engines
Real-time SMS/app alerts to park rangers
Built for the Gran Chaco dry forest ecosystem
Designed for remote environments in Latin America
Conservation at scale
TerraGuard is designed for national park services, environmental enforcement agencies, conservation NGOs and indigenous communities managing protected territories. Any organization responsible for large expanses of forest that cannot be continuously patrolled can benefit.
The system scales from a handful of units covering a single reserve to hundreds of nodes forming a detection network across entire biomes. Each deployment is configured based on the specific threats, terrain and communication infrastructure of the target area.