Arif Kurnia Wijayanto received a BSc in agricultural engineering from Bogor Agricultural University (now IPB University), Indonesia in 2012, and a master’s in IT for natural resources management from the same university in 2016. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD degree at the Center for Environmental Remote Sensing (CeRES), Chiba University, Japan. He is currently a lecturer at the Department of Forest Resources Conservation and Ecotourism, IPB University. His current research interests include spatial analysis and modeling and utilization of drones or UAVs for natural resource management and agricultural practices.