IPM (Integrated Pest Management) is a pest management approach based on ecosystem thinking and scientific decision-making.

IPM is not a set of specific "operating procedures," but a decision-making framework; its core philosophy is to use a combination of multiple strategies to keep pest populations at an acceptable level while minimizing negative impacts on human health and the environment.

Four fundamental principles: Prevention before treatment — reduce the conditions that support pests through environmental management (sanitation, exclusion, eliminating food and water sources).

Monitoring and assessment — use sticky traps and bait stations to objectively evaluate the species, numbers, and distribution of pests; monitoring data, not fear, is the basis for treatment decisions.

Setting action thresholds — not "see one bug, spray," but judging whether action is needed and what intensity of action to take based on pre-established thresholds.

Choosing the least-risk intervention — starting with physical methods, moving to low-toxicity biological and chemical methods, only escalating to higher-risk methods when lower-risk methods are insufficient.

IPM has achieved outstanding results in agriculture, public health, and residential pest management.