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IPM for Schools: A How-to Manual [ BAGIAN 2 ]

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Use of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) principles and practices in the school environment is a growing trend in communities throughout the United States. IPM’s focus on pest prevention using effective, leasttoxic methods is proving practical to apply and costeffective to operate.

As Maryland school IPM expert William Forbes (and others) have pointed out, a school is a challenging place to operate a pest management program. Most school buildings are unintentionally designed with ideal entry points and harborages for pest insects, rodents, and other unwelcome wildlife. Inappropriate landscape design and plant selection often encourage weeds and other pest problems. Diminishing budgets and deferred maintenance exacerbate these predisposing conditions for pests.

Schools also include diverse physical spaces, indoors and out, that require customized solutions to pest problems. In addition, schools host a wide variety of people, from teachers and students to vendors and community groups, who have differing opinions about pest tolerance levels and appropriate pest management methods. It is necessary to sensitively address the concerns of parents and others who want a school site free of nuisance or health-threatening pests, but want this achieved with minimal use of toxic materials.

Because IPM is a decision-making process and not a rote method, an IPM program will always be able to take into account the wide spectrum of pest problems and the diversity of people involved. IPM methods equip pest control operators (PCOs) and other members of the IPM team to design flexible, site-specific pest management plans scaled to the severity of the problem and the level of resources available.

The IPM approach also offers unique opportunities to incorporate pest management issues into the school science curriculum and offer students hands-on learning experiences in the biology, ecology, and leasttoxic
management of the pests that seek to inhabit school buildings and grounds.

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Berkeley : A Bio-Integral Resource Center Publication., 1997

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ix, 215 hlm.

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English

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PENGENDALIAN HAMA TERPADU
SEKOLAH LAPANGAN

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