New phone app can help save forests, wildlife

With the A-Eye application, they can quickly report observations such as forest fires, illegal logging and illegal hunting.
They can also send photos and details to monitoring centres. The app will help identify the location.
Officials check updated reports via the app and will go to the area to deal with the problem, if necessary.
In the case of a forest fire, a red circle will appear on the app’s map feature. All tourists using the app will see the location of the fire and can avoid that area.
The A-Eye app’s formal name is “Extra eyes assisting in the environmental surveillance of national parks”.
When people find a rare species, they can take photos of it and share them on the app. Other tourists nearby will know where it is and can go to see it.
A-Eye will act as a virtual assistant for visitors to national parks. It has maps to guide tourists to interesting spots. It will show photos and provide background information.
Foreigners will benefit as this app also comes in English. It is available only for Doi Suthep-Pui National Park, but other national parks can upload their information.