Resources

Assessment of insecticide risk quantification methods: Introducing the Pesticide Risk Tool and its improvements over the Environmental Impact Quotient, January 2024 (Journal of Integrated Pest Management)

Integrated Pest Management Improvements in California Melons from 2003 to 2016 - October 2018 - Report on Melon IPM in California (informed by ipmPRiME)

  • Integrated Pest Management Improvements in California Melons from 2003 to 2016 (PDF, 8 pp)
  • Western IPM Center Overview (PDF, 12 pp)
  • Western IPM Center Updates from the National IPM Coordinating Committee Meeting (PDF, 13 pp)

Wines and Vines - July 2010 - Magazine article on the Pesticide Risk Tool (formerly ipmprime.com)

  • Pesticide Risk Calculator Debuts (PDF, 5 pp)

National Agri-Environmental Standards Initiative (NAESI)

The National Agri-Environmental Standards Initiative (NAESI), a collaborative initiative from 2004–2009 between Environment Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, was established to gain a better understanding of relationships between agriculture and the environment and to develop a suite of science-based agri-environmental performance standards for water, air, biodiversity and pesticides.

  • 2005 - Scoping Report (PDF, 208 pp, 1.52MB)
  • 2006 - Preliminary Aquatic Rankings (PDF, 182 pp, 1.38MB)
  • 2006 - Preliminary Terrestrial Rankings (PDF, 95 pp, 1.28MB)
  • 2006 - UK Bee Incident Analysis (PDF, 92 pp, 1.05MB)
  • 2007 - Aquatic Mesocosm Anaysis (PDF, 211 pp, 1.43MB)
  • 2007 - Avian Dermal Analysis (PDF, 123 pp, 2.02MB)
  • 2007 - SELECTV Analysis (PDF, 79 pp, 1.10MB)
  • 2009 - Synthesis Report No. 7 (PDF, 109pp, 1MB)