Intervention · Intervention

Vector control

Integrated pest management that targets disease-transmitting organisms - insects, ticks, snails - through environmental, biological or chemical measures.

Definition source: WHO (vector control)

Synonyms

none

Broader

Integrated pest management

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

Intervention addresses a climate hazard, OR produces a qualifying outcome (adaptation-specific or hazard-conditioned), OR produces an adaptation-specific impact; NOT adaptation when done purely for productivity, market, or development with no hazard link and no hazard-referenced result.

Provenance

Restructure (v5)

Identifier

INT_322 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/INT_322
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/INT_322)