Pests are a major cause of disease in Sydney Australia. The impact of pests
affects your workplace employees' or family's health, well being and sense of
security. With today's technology of Integrated Pest Management, there is
no need to live or work around cockroaches, rodents, fleas, ants spiders or
other pests.
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
IPM is an ecologically-based pest management strategy that centres around
detailed inspections of pest infestations and the surrounding environments under
which they proliferate. Integrated Pest Management is the increasingly popular
system of managing insect pests by monitoring populations, replacing highly
toxic broad spectrum insecticides that kill pests and beneficial insects alike
with more selective low-toxic insecticides. It may also include other
non-toxic strategies like baiting and removing food and water sources
This strategy uses physical, cultural, biological, educational and chemical
techniques with an emphasis on non-chemical control measures. The goal of
integrated pest management is not to eliminate all pests; some pests are
tolerable and essential so that their natural enemies remain in the crop.
Rather, the aim is to reduce pest populations to less than damaging numbers. The
control tactics used in integrated pest management include pest resistant or
tolerant plants, and cultural, physical, mechanical, biological, and chemical
control. Applying multiple control tactics minimizes the chance that insects
will adapt to any one tactic.
In achieving these aims, the desired outcomes of Pest Management include:
Prevention of new and emerging pests from having significant impacts on the
workplace or the household and yard areas. Effective IPM requires on-going
monitoring and assessment of the effectiveness of control strategies.
IPM programs use current, comprehensive information on the life cycles of pests
and their interaction with the environment. This information, in combination
with available pest control methods, is used to manage pest damage by the most
economical means, and with the least possible hazard to people, property, and
the environment.