How can Thailand solve its air quality and forest fire problems?

Headline

Adisorn Lertsinsrubtavee has given a presentation on the SEA-HAZEMON Project at IETF 119. The SEA-HAZEMON Project is a real-time air quality monitoring and forest fire detection platform. Forest fires are an often unsung and misunderstood part of rural life around the world. But…

Context

Adisorn Lertsinsrubtavee has given a presentation on the SEA-HAZEMON Project at IETF 119. The SEA-HAZEMON Project is a real-time air quality monitoring and forest fire detection platform. Forest fires are an often unsung and misunderstood part of rural life around the world. But since the 1970s, people have been studying and researching fire, trying to bring in early detection and warnings.

Evidence

Pending intelligence enrichment.

Analysis

The means of forest fire detection cannot adapt to the increasingly complex situation of forest fire prevention. And the information level of forest fire prevention is low, with communication coverage capacity insufficient. The existing fire prevention communication coverage rate in the forest area of Thailand is only 70%, with a large blind area and satellite communication and mobile communication strategies weak. With forest fire early warning and monitoring systems imperfect (and early warning accuracy is not high) one compamny has set out to improve this area. According to greenpeace data , Thailand’s largest source of partoculate matter in the air in the first half of 2017 was open burning, about 54 percent, followed by industry, which accounted for 17% of PM2.5 emissions. Transportation and Logistics accounted for about 13%. Household and electricity generating accounted for about the same amount, 7% and 9% respectively.

Key Points

SEA-HAZEMON is a low-cost real-time monitoring of haze air quality disasters in rural communities in Thailand and southeast asia.
Adisorn Lertsinsrubtavee believes that community drives comprise two parts: local authorities + villagers or volunteers.