Internet of things is a net in which the objects are connected to each other. With extremely wide range of use, Internet of things is considered as a momentum to the third information revolutionary and a new economic growth point in the next decade. This paper is the first to study application and prospects of internet of things technology in info-forestry. In the first instance, this paper introduces the origin, concept, and principle of the Internet of things, and then it elaborates the prospects of the internet of things' application in forestry, such as forest fire prevention, ancient and ...