Environmental Destruction in Southeast Asia due to Golf Course Developm

Environmental Destruction in south-east Asia due to Golf extend Development The sport of golf has get it on a long way since it was first played on the wind blown pasture lands of Scotland over 600 long time ago. Today, golf courses around the world are in a way their own small ecosystem, where only pieces of the natural environment are a mathematical function of these artificial landscapes. Courses are meticulously groomed for both championship and tourist play. The game is taking front stage all over the world and rude(a) courses are being constructed everyday. This may be great for the game of golf and the wealthy investor who is making millions off of these luscious green fairways, but what about the drawbacks to environmental degradation that it is causing?The main environmental effects of golf courses in Southeast Asia are similar to those all over the world, but lack organisation regulation like in the United States. These countries do not have a strict Environmental Pro tection Agency or other NGOs to grasp these issues under control. The main problems between the environment and golf course development that will be discussed in this paper include water usage and contamination, deforestation, the physical exercise of toxic chemicals and fertilizers, and the importation of non native grasses. The governments of these countries will also be examined, as to how they are dealing with these problems and how, if at all, they are helping their native people. After discussing the problems of Southeast Asias golf boom, this synthesis will go into detail about what can be done to help slow down or transcend many of these problems. The worlds golf craze and japans current obsession over the game has swept through the countries of Southeast Asia since the earliest 1990s and currently there are over 500 new courses in the region. This compares to a total of only 45 golf courses in these alike countries in the early 1970s. Currently, Malaysia has 155 course s, Indonesia has approximately 90, the Philippines have 80, and Thailand has close to 200 golf courses spread throughout their landscape.(ASIAGOLF) Along with these newly developed golf courses come all of the negative environmental impacts. In many of these countries, the government is either too corrupt, poor or they are focusing their energies on a pack of other issues. Negative environmental effects are often times low on their pri... ...ts of Golf Course Development. Clubbing Southeast Asia. 12 Apr. 2005 .Japan Golf Courses and Deforestation (JPGOLFCase). Japans Golf Courses and the Environment. 1 Nov 1997. 12 Apr. 2005 .Cassady, Jeff (Bayer Crop Science). Personal interview. 12 Apr 2005.Contact Information (336) 255-1164TED Case Study. Asia Golf and Environment. 1 Nov 1997. 12 Apr. 2005 .Fahn, pack David. A Land On Fire. Bolder Westview, 2003.(Fahn 53-59)Chris, Reuther. Towards a Greener Game. A New Environmental Awareness is Slowly Taking Hold of the U.S. Golf Industry. Au g 1999. The Academy of Natural Sciences. 14 Apr. 2005 .Sport and Environment Thailands Golf Boom. Forces Behind Thailands Golf Rush. 12 Apr. 2005 .(Sport and Environment Thailands Golf Boom)Morita, Gen . Global Antigo. The Global Anit-Golf Movement - Manifesto. 4 1993. The Global Anti-Golf Movement. 14 Apr. 2005 . tinct of golf courses social, environmental, and economic. Impact of Golf Courses. Barcelona Field Studies Centre SL. 12 Apr. 2005 .Hildebrant, Timothy . Environmentalists cry fore in China. csmonitor.com. 16 Jul 2003. the Christian Science Monitor. 12 Apr. 2005 .