Environmental Destruction in Southeast Asia due to Golf Course Developm

environsal Destruction in south-east Asia due to Golf Course Development The sport of golf game game has take a long way since it was first played on the air current blown pasture lands of Scotland over 600 years ago. Today, golf courses around the introduction ar in a way their own small ecosystem, where still pieces of the natural environment be a part of these artificial landscapes. Courses argon meticulously groomed for both championship and tourist play. The game is fetching front stage all over the terra firma and new courses are being constructed everyday. This may be great for the game of golf and the sloshed 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 deficiency politics regulation like in the United States. These countries do not have a strict Enviro nmental Protection Agency or other NGOs to keep these issues under control. The main problems between the environment and golf course development that bequeath be discussed in this paper accept water usage and contamination, deforestation, the use 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 tax write-off will go into detail about what can be make to help slow down or eliminate many of these problems. The worlds golf craze and Japans current fixing over the game has swept through the countries of Southeast Asia since the early 1990s and currently there are over 500 new courses in the region. This compares to a total of only 45 golf courses in these aforementioned(prenominal) countries in the early 1970s. Currently, Mala ysia has 155 courses, Indonesia has approximately 90, the Philippines have 80, and Thailand has close to two hundred 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 multitude of other issues. Negative environmental effects are often times low on their pri... ...ts of Golf Course Development. unite Southeast Asia. 12 Apr. 2005 .Japan Golf Courses and Deforestation (JPGOLF compositors case). 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, James David. A Land On Fire. Bolder Westview, 2003.(Fahn 53-59)Chris, Reuther. Towards a Greener Game. A New Environmental Awareness is Slowl y pickings Hold of the U.S. Golf Industry. Aug 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 . globose Antigo. The Global Anit-Golf Movement - Manifesto. 4 1993. The Global Anti-Golf Movement. 14 Apr. 2005 .Impact of golf courses social, environmental, and economic. Impact of Golf Courses. Barcelona Field Studies Centre SL. 12 Apr. 2005 .Hildebrant, Timothy . Environmentalists hollo fore in China. csmonitor.com. 16 Jul 2003. the Christian Science Monitor. 12 Apr. 2005 .