Fund a sensor
An IoT sensor that stays in nature for years.
Donate →Project 2026–2035 · IoT sensors in Natura 2000 Sensors in Protected Areas.
100+ IoT sensors in Natura 2000.
- 2026–2035
- Environment & biodiversity
Project sheet
IoT sensors in protected areas.
Prototypes built by young people monitor air, water and soil in natural areas, and the data become environmental alerts.
Project status
Pilot · prototypes- ✓ConceptAnalysis & partners
- 2PilotFirst activities
- 3OngoingActive in the community
- 4ExpansionRegional scale-up
22,7%
of Romania’s territory is protected under Natura 2000
European Commission, Environmental Implementation Review, 2022 · [1]46%of Romanian pupils are below the baseline level in scienceOECD, PISA 2025, 2025 · [2]
66%of Romanians see climate change as a very serious problemSpecial Eurobarometer 565, 2025 · [3]
✓What we have achieved
- Monitoring prototypes built by young people
- The circuit that turns data into environmental alerts
- Field research in the Vrancea Subcarpathians
→Project objectives
- The first stations in protected areas (2030)
- 100+ IoT sensors at Natura 2000 sites (2035)
- Open data for the community and researchers
Sensors in Protected Areas · from the field
The project in pictures.
Every photo is a real working session. Support the project so it can reach the next school.
Prototypes for monitoring protected areas
The circuit that turns data into environmental alerts
IoT sensors for protected areas
100+IoT sensors in Natura 2000
BGCIglobal environmental network
Part of
The Environment & biodiversity programme.
Extended through the Social Innovation Lab
What we build next.
This programme feeds directly into the Social Innovation Lab initiatives, built on European models.
What we hope for · how you can help
Every sensor is a guardian of Vrancea’s nature.
Choose how you would like to contribute.
Protected area managers
Partners for siting the stations.
Let’s talk →IoT engineers
Help young people move from prototype to station.
Become a mentor →Project 2026–2035
This is a 10-year movement. Choose your role.
Sources and methodology
Where the figures come from.
Our own figures (young people trained, schools, localities) come from the association’s records and are published in the impact report. Context statistics come from official sources, with the year of the latest available edition.
- Share of Romania’s land area covered by Natura 2000 sitesEuropean Commission, Environmental Implementation Review · SWD(2022) 271 · 2022. View source ↗
- 15-year-olds below the baseline level in science, Romania (OECD average: 26%)OECD, PISA 2025 · 2025. View source ↗
- Romanians who consider climate change a very serious problemSpecial Eurobarometer 565 · 2025. View source ↗
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