"such systems could be deployed around the globe as a means of assisting land managers with detecting illegal activities in real-time." I doubt the problem is

"such systems could be deployed around the globe as a means of assisting land managers with detecting illegal activities in real-time." I doubt the problem is in detecting illegal activities harming the environment. And deploying iot devices across million km, I highly doubt this is economically viable, even if the devices cost nothing, deploying them would be a huge investment. Surely satellites can already do a decent job of detecting illegal activities, at scale. Research funding continues going downhill with non sensical investments.