Shu Lifu

Prof.  Shu Lifu

Organization: Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry

Research category: Forest Protection

Research field: Forest fire

E-mail: slfhxk@126.com

Main work

Prof. Shu Lifu, senior scientist, doctoral supervisor, enjoy the special allowance of the State Council, and the chief expert on forest fire prevention of the Chinese Academy of Forestry. He has been engaged in the research work of forest fire mechanism, lightning fire occurrence mechanism, fire behavior, forest fire monitoring and early warning, fire fighting and fire ecology. He is a committee member of the National Disaster Reduction Committee, deputy chief of the Forest and Grassland Fire Prevention Senior expert Group of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, team leader of the Beijing Forest Fire Prevention Headquarters, editorial board of journals such as Scientia Silvae Sinicae, Fire Safety Science, Journal of Beijing Forestry University, etc. He has won the China Youth Science and Technology Award, the candidate of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration's Ten Million Talents Project, and the National Advanced Individual on Forest Fire prevention. He has won the first prize of Ministerial and Provincial-Level Science and Technology Awards once and the second prize for 7 times, ranking first. He has presided over more than 40 projects such as the 14th National Key Research and Development Plan, National Key Basic Research Program (973), the National Key Research and Development Program of China and National Natural Science Foundation projects. He has published more than 200 papers, 8 monographs, and 12 invention patents and software copyrights. He presided over the completion of the National Forestry and Grass Bureau "Forest lightning fire prevention and control" emergency science and technology project, and led the team has won the national forest and grass system advanced collective and national forest and grassland fire prevention advanced unit and other titles.

Key research projects

  • 2023-2028, Research and demonstration of key technologies for risk prediction and prevention of lightning fire and mountain forest fire

  • 2023-2025, Lightning fire prevention and control-Open bidding for selecting the best candidates projects

  • 2023-2026, Mechanism and warning method of extreme fire behavior in Pinus yunnanensis forest in Southwest China

  • 2021-2023, Lightning fire prevention and emergency science and technology project

  • 2017-2020, The combustion diffusion mechanism and impact of major fires in artificial forests

  • 2016-2020, Mechanism and model construction of fire behaviors in Pinus Yunnanensis forest

  • 2011-2015, Research on key techniques of forest fire risk assessment and prevention

  • 2011-2013, Forest fire response characteristics and forecast in southwest forest area under climate change scenario

  • 2004-2006, Study and prediction of three elements of forest fire in Southeast Tibet: fire source, climate and fuel

  • 2006-2010, Research on forest and grassland fire monitoring, early warning, prevention and control technology

Awards & achievements

  • 2023, Key technologies for precision forest fire early warning, Second Prize of Beijing Science and Technology Award , No.2

  • 2021, Extreme fire occurrence mechanism, prediction, warning, and risk avoidance technologies in mountain forest fires, Second Prize of Liangxi Forestry Science and Technology Award, No.1

  • 2020, Key technologies for monitoring and early warning of forest and grassland fire risks using drones, Second Prize of Liangxi Forestry Science and Technology Award, No.1

  • 2019, Research and Application of Forest Fuel Combustibility and Fire Risk Monitoring and Early Warning Response Technology, Second Prize of Jilin Province Science and Technology Award, No.3

  • 2017, Development and application of county-level forest fire warning technology system, China Forestry Science Research Major Science and Technology Achievement Award, No.1

  • 2013, Development and application of county-level forest fire fighting emergency command system, First Prize of Liangxi Forestry Science and Technology Award, No.1

Published articles & books

  • Chen Difei, Wang Mingyu, Si Liqing, Zhao Fengjun, Li Wei, Li Weike, Shu Lifu*. 2023. Temporal and Spatial Distribution Characteristics and the Influencing Factors of Lightning Fires in Sichuan. Scientia Silvae Sinicae, 59(10): 32-40.

  • Zhang Yunsheng, Shu Lifu∗, Zhao Fengjun, Guo Wanli, Liu Kezhen. 2023. Effects of Forest Tending on Potential Crown Fires in Central Yunnan. Forest Engineering, 39(05): 1-10.

  • Zhang Yunsheng, Shu Lifu*, Zhai Chunjie, Liu Kezhen. 2023. The continuous combustibility of nine tree species in central Yunnan. Journal of Central South University of Forestry & Technology, 43(08): 1-8.

  • Zhang Yunsheng, Shu Lifu*, Zhao Fengjun, Wang Qiuhua. 2023. Evaluation of Fuel Treatments   Based on Prescribed Burning in Pinus yunnanensis Forest. Journal of Northwest Forestry University, 38(4):189-196.

  • Wang Mingyu, Yuan Shangbo, Li Weil, Li Weike, Song Jiajun, Si Liqing, Wang Yahui, Zhao Fengjun, Tian Xiaorui, Li Xiaoxiao, Shu Lifu*. 2022. Process and Influencing Factors of Mass Lightning Fires Caused by Dense Lightning in Daxing'anling Mountains. Scientia Silvae Sinicae, 58(11):10-20.

  • Li Bingyi, Liu Guanhong, Shu Lifu*. 2022. Simulation study on surface fire behavior of main forest types in Mentougou District, Beijing. Journal of Beijing Forestry University, 44(06): 96-105.

  • Li Bingyi, Liu Guanhong, Gu Ze, Liu Xiaodong, Shu Lifu*. 2023. Effects of fire disturbance on soil bacterial community in Pinus tabuliformis forest. Chinese Journal of Ecology, 42(6):1355-1364.

  • Zhang Yunsheng, Shu Lifu*, Yan Xiangxiang, Zhai Chunjie, Liu Kezhen. 2021. A study on flammability differences among four arbor species leaves in Guangxi. Journal of Nanjing Forestry University (Natural Sciences Edition), 45(04): 195-200.

  • Tian Xiaorui, Shu Lifu*, Wang Mingyu, Zhao Fengjun. 2017. The impact of climate change on fire danger in Daxing'anling, China. Journal of Forestry Research, 28(5): 997-1006.

  • Tian Xiaorui, Shu Lifu*, Zhao Fengjun, Wang Mingyu. 2017. Impacts of climate change on forest fire danger in China. Scientia Silvae Sinicae, 53(7): 159-169.

  • Zhao Fengjun, Wang Mingyu, Shu Lifu*, et al. 2016. Supercritical extracts of forest fuels in Great Xing'an Mountains. Journal of Forestry Research, 27(5):1143-1151.

  • Zhao Fengjun, Wang Qiuhua, Shu Lifu*, et al. 2016. Correlations between supercitical extracts of coniferous fuel and the heat yield value and ignition point. Scientia Silvae Sinicae, 52(4): 68-74.

  • Tian Xiaorui, Shu Lifu*, Zhao Fengjun, Wang Mingyu. 2015. Dynamic Characteristics of Forest Fires in the Main Ecological Geographic Districts of China. Scientia Silvae Sinicae, 51(9): 71-77.

  • Tian Xiaorui, Zhao Fengjun, Shu Lifu*, Miao Qinglin, Wang Mingyu. 2014. Changes of climate and fire dynamic in China vegetation zone during 1961-2010. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 25(11): 3279-3286.

  • Tian Xiaorui, Zhao Fengjun, Shu Lifu*, Wang Mingyu. 2014. Changes in Forest Fire Danger for Southwestern China in the 21st Century. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 23(2), 185-195.

  • Tian Xiaorui, Zhao Fengjun, Shu Lifu*, Wang Mingyu. 2013. Distribution characteristics and the influence factors of   forest fires in China. Forest Ecology and Management 310: 460–467.

  • Tian Xiaorui, Shu Lifu*, Wang Mingyu, Zhao Fengjun, Chen Liguang. 2013. The Fire Danger and Fire Regime for Daxing' anling Region Within 1987-2010. Procedia Engineering 62: 1023-10310.

  • Tian Xiaorui, Shu Lifu*, Wang Mingyu, Zhao Fengjun. 2012. Analysis of the conditions for lightning fire occurrence in Daxing' anling region. Scientia Silvae Sinicae, 48(7):98-103.

Other results

  • Shu Lifu, He Cheng, Liu Kezhen et al. A method of forest underground fire identification and location based on UAV [P]. Beijing: CN104537795B,2017-11-03.

  • Shu Lifu, LIU Kezhen, Zhou Junliang et al. A method of forest fire embers monitoring with the trinity of space, sky and earth [P]. Beijing: CN104616419B, 2017-08-25.