Cyberforest Project

1.2 Cyber-Physical System (Sensor Network, IoT, Real-time Data Processing)
2.11 Agricultural and Life Science (Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Biological Science )

Kazuhiko Nakamura

Graduate School of Frontier Sciences

Lecturer

The University of Tokyo’s Cyberforest Project, launched in 1995, is a platform for the remote observation of natural environments for education and research. By installing high-sensitivity microphones, cameras, meteorological sensors, and network devices in forest environments that are difficult for people to access directly, the project collects and streams audio, visual, and environmental data in real time or as archived content. Guided by the philosophy of “real nature beyond the Internet”, the project aims to contribute to environmental monitoring, eco-acoustic research, and environmental education through the long-term collection and sharing of natural environment data across research, education, and public engagement domains.

Installed System: Mounted at the top of a 23-meter observation tower located within a natural beech forest in the University of Tokyo Chichibu Forest (Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture).
Cyberforest Project

Research collaborators

Akio Fujiwara (Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences)
Hiroki Kobayashi (Information Technology Center)
Kaoru Saito (Graduate School of Frontier Science)