Effective Pest Management Strategies

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What is integrated pest management (IPM)?

Methods to manage these problems include the use of pesticides or biological pest control. Integrated pest management (IPM) couples both methods and includes monitoring to reduce the overuse of pesticide applications. IPM aims to develop and extend effective, affordable, and environmentally-sound control strategies.

What is pest management & how does it work?

In the larger sense, pest management includes dealing with a pest infestation when you have one / being pre-emptive should you notice a few more bugs around your home than usual. However, in this article, we’re going to focus more on the prevention side of things. Managing your home in order to keep the pests out in the first place!

What is pest animal management?

By placing pest animal management in the context of a whole system, land managers gain a better understanding of the impacts of pest animals, and can focus on managing all resources to achieve the best outcome.

What does Good pest management mean?

Good pest management means regularly inspecting your property – particularly the cellar and attic – in order to spot any potential problems that could get out of hand. Why is pest management important? Pest management is important for a wide variety of different reasons.

What is a regional pest management strategy?

Regional pest management strategies aim to minimise the adverse impacts of pests on biodiversity, protected areas and the community. We work to identify the highest priority programs and focus on these. This ensures that we plan for actions that are achievable and can deliver measurable outcomes.

What is the pestsmart platform?

The PestSmart platform distils over a decade of pest animal research into practical and accessible best-practice pest management information, available online. The toolkit currently holds more than 200 factsheets, case studies, reports and technical guides on 16 established pest animals plus information on new and emerging species.

What Is Pest Management

1. https://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/your-environment/pesticides/integrated-pest-management
2. https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/business/food-safety/fact-sheets/pests
3. https://managementblog.com.au/what-is-pest-management/
4. https://www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity-trade/pests-diseases-weeds/pest-animals-and-weeds
5. https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/business-priorities/biosecurity/invasive-plants-animals/pest-management-planning/principles
6. https://pestsmart.org.au/framework-overview/principles-of-pest-animal-management/
7. https://www.nifa.usda.gov/topics/pest-management

Pest Management Information

1. https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/animals-and-plants/pest-animals-and-weeds/regional-pest-management-strategies
2. https://mgnsw.org.au/sector/resources/online-resources/collection-care/managing-pests-collection/