FINDING ALTERNATIVES TO PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPs)
FOR TERMITE MANAGEMENT
Prepared by members of the UNEP/FAO/Global IPM Facility Expert Group on Termite Biology and Management
- established in 2000 to support international activities on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) covered by the Stockholm Convention

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION  

I.          DETERMINATION OF TERMITE PEST PROBLEMS 

II.         TERMITE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

II.1       BASIC BIOLOGY
II.2       POSITIVE IMPACTS OF TERMITES
II.3       NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF TERMITES
II.4       TERMITE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY BY CONTINENT

III.         TERMITES AS STRUCTURAL PESTS (INCLUSIVE OF DAMS, ROADS, UTILITY POLES, & UNDERGROUND CABLES AND PIPES)

III.1      DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION
III.2      DAMPWOOD TERMITES
III.3      DRYWOOD TERMITES
III.4      SUBTERRANEAN TERMITES
III.5      ARBOREAL NESTERS
III.6      TERMITE PESTS AND MANAGEMENT BY CONTINENT

III.7      ALTERNATIVES TO POPS
III.8      TERMITE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

IV         TERMITES IN AGROECOSYSTEMS

IV.1      IDENTIFICATION
IV.2      DAMAGE

IV.3      TERMITE PESTS AND MANAGEMENT BY CONTINENT

IV.4      ALTERNATIVE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR TERMITES IN AGROECOSYSTEMS

V         TERMITES IN FORESTRY

V.1      URBAN FORESTRY
 V.2      TERMITE PESTS AND MANAGEMENT BY CONTINENT

V.3    ALTERNATIVE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS OF TERMITES IN FORESTRY

VI.             PROCESS FOR SELECTING/TESTING STRATEGIES 

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LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS