India, April 27 -- A young technologist from Odisha's Mayurbhanj district has come up with an innovative Artificial Intelligence-based system aimed at strengthening forest protection and tackling poaching.Odisha Tourism Guide

Deb Prasanna Mohanty, a native of Bhanjpur in Baripada, has developed "Deep Ear," a sound-based AI device that works like a digital surveillance system inside forests. The innovation, for which a patent application has already been filed, uses acoustic intelligence to monitor and analyse sounds in real time.

The system is designed to be deployed at key points across forest areas, where it continuously listens for unusual or suspicious sounds. It can detect activities linked to forest crimes such as tree cutting wit...