Smart Urban Tree Valorization: An AI-Blockchain-Based Application for the Preservation of Remarkable Trees

Hajer Nabli, Issra Jegham, Yasmine Zorgati, Rania Ajmi, Raoudha Ben Djemaa, Layth Sliman

2025

Abstract

Urban trees contribute significantly to the well-being of city dwellers by improving air quality, reducing heat, and offering psychological and cultural value. Among them, remarkable trees-due to their rarity, size, age, or symbolic importance-deserve special attention, yet they often remain poorly documented or undervalued. This paper introduces a smart application that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain to enhance public awareness and long-term recognition of these trees. The system features an AI-driven chatbot that interacts with users by asking questions about tree types or suggesting trees based on their desired benefits-such as relaxation, biodiversity, or carbon absorption-thus guiding users toward relevant and meaningful discoveries. In parallel, each remarkable tree is assigned a blockchain-based digital certificate in the form of a non-fungible token (NFT), ensuring that its identity, characteristics, and location are securely recorded and verifiable. By combining participatory exploration with digital certification, this approach offers a novel tool for cities to promote biodiversity, support environmental education, and foster citizen involvement in urban green heritage. The proposed system fills a gap between static tree mapping platforms and dynamic, secure, and intelligent urban biodiversity applications.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Nabli H., Jegham I., Zorgati Y., Ajmi R., Ben Djemaa R. and Sliman L. (2025). Smart Urban Tree Valorization: An AI-Blockchain-Based Application for the Preservation of Remarkable Trees. In Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: TISAS; ISBN 978-989-758-770-2, SciTePress, pages 609-620. DOI: 10.5220/0013948300003982

in Bibtex Style

@conference{tisas25,
author={Hajer Nabli and Issra Jegham and Yasmine Zorgati and Rania Ajmi and Raoudha Ben Djemaa and Layth Sliman},
title={Smart Urban Tree Valorization: An AI-Blockchain-Based Application for the Preservation of Remarkable Trees},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: TISAS},
year={2025},
pages={609-620},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013948300003982},
isbn={978-989-758-770-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: TISAS
TI - Smart Urban Tree Valorization: An AI-Blockchain-Based Application for the Preservation of Remarkable Trees
SN - 978-989-758-770-2
AU - Nabli H.
AU - Jegham I.
AU - Zorgati Y.
AU - Ajmi R.
AU - Ben Djemaa R.
AU - Sliman L.
PY - 2025
SP - 609
EP - 620
DO - 10.5220/0013948300003982
PB - SciTePress