AI that watches the forest while no one is looking.
M-Situ is a network of solar-powered AI sensors that listen for illegal logging, wildfire and charcoal burning deep in the forest, then alert rangers within seconds, long before a threat becomes a catastrophe. Built by a team of AI engineers and ecologists rooted in East African conservation.
By the time anyone notices, the trees are gone.
Forests are vast and rangers are few. Illegal logging, charcoal burning and wildfires usually go undetected until satellite imagery catches them days later, long after the damage is done and the culprits have moved on.
Detection needs to happen on the ground, in the moment, where the chainsaw actually starts.
Eyes and ears in the canopy.
Sense
Solar-powered sensors listen across a 1–3 km radius, tracking sound, temperature, humidity and air quality, even under dense canopy.
Detect
Machine-learning models recognise the signature of a chainsaw, wildfire gases or charcoal burning, on-device, no constant connection needed.
Alert
A confirmed threat triggers an SMS or dashboard alert within ten seconds to rangers and nearby communities.
Respond
Teams reach the site in minutes, not hours, and every event builds a record that sharpens the next response.
Named an Outstanding Project by UNESCO’s IRCAI.
In 2025, M-Situ was selected for the UNESCO / IRCAI Top 100, the global list of AI projects advancing the Sustainable Development Goals, recognised for its work in the Ngong Forest pilot and its community-rooted model.
You can't protect what you can't see. M-Situ gives a ranger the one thing they never had enough of, time to respond.
Joseph Nguthiru, Co-Founder