Environmental issues affecting golf
Environmental issues are significant - sometimes paramount - factors in the development and management of golf courses. The main challenges can be summarised as below.
Conserving biodiversity, landscape and cultural heritage
- Respecting land use designations
- Protection and management of habitats and wild flora and fauna
- Integration of golf courses into local landscape
- Preservation of archaeological and historical artefacts
Sustainable resource management
- Efficient water resource management
- Energy conservation
- Waste minimisation
Pollution control
- Managing golf courses with fewer chemicals/alternative pest management
- Controlling salinity in soil profile and groundwater
- Storage and disposal of hazardous materials
- Reducing emissions
- Control of noise and light spill
Facing up to climate change
- Adaptive development and management strategies to respond to changing weather patterns, coastal erosion, water availability and occurrence and prevalence of pest species.
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