Transcript Politics and Logistics in the Implementation of School IPM

Integrated Pest
Management
Green Pest Management
Healthy Environment –
Healthy Students
We
want: A
SAFE ENVIRONMENT!
Safe from:
 Pest organisms
 Arthropod vectored diseases
 Inappropriate chemical pesticide use
Bugs
No Bad Bugs ?
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Less than 5% of all
insect species are
ever considered
pests
What is IPM?
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IPM focuses on reducing pest conducive
conditions and ecologically sound
remedial action
IPM is people oriented and the most
effective management
strategy.
IPM Tactics
Pesticides
Exclusion
Sanitation and
habitat modification
Education and
communication
Prevention
Educate community
Inform people about IPM
Good sanitation
Don’t feed pests
Exclusion and pest-proofing
Don’t let pests in
Modify the habitat
Don’t give them a place
to live
Pests want the same things we want:
Food Water Shelter
Initial Inspection of “Skool High”
Relationships
Communication
The whole community needs
to be involved
Pest Proofing Problems
If you were a bug this would be an
open door
Sanitation
Corner crud can feed cockroaches
and ants for weeks
Evidence of Clutter Bugs
Pests have lots of places to hide
Food Storage
Cockroaches live in and feed on
cardboard boxes
Waste Management
Good waste management practices
are essential
Monitoring and Identification
Find where and what organisms are
sharing your space.
Pest Sighting Logs
The community to reports sightings.
Education
Share information of the biology
and ecology of living organisms in
our environment.
Maintenance
Preventative maintenance orders
take priority. If we can loose Jerry
in the bushes, when else is in there?
Self Assess
Have independent assessments
done and get recognition for being
a green school or child care
facility.
Children are the most
vulnerable
members of society,
they are the future.
We are the custodians
of their world