If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Philosophical musings aside, the answer is very plain: a falling tree produces a sound wave, regardless of whether there's an ear to hear it. But if that unfortunate tree happens to be in a remote forested region that is not covered by cellular networks, it may as well be silent because we’ll never know about it.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.edgeimpulse.com/blog/how-lora-and-ai-are-protecting-our-forests