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convincing the greens committee <strong>to</strong><br />
adopt an environmental policy, and allow<br />
me <strong>to</strong> execute a strategy <strong>to</strong> improve the<br />
ecological value of the course. Without<br />
him, I simply wouldn’t have been able <strong>to</strong><br />
advance my experience of golf course<br />
ecology.<br />
Thanks also goes <strong>to</strong> the Greens<br />
Chairman, John O’Hara, and the whole<br />
team up here at Tur<strong>to</strong>n who have<br />
supported and adopted new<br />
environmental initiatives.<br />
Finally, I don’t think anyone would<br />
disagree with me when I say that there<br />
has never been a more important time <strong>to</strong><br />
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Buffer areas provide refuge <strong>to</strong> wildlife<br />
whilst adding definition <strong>to</strong> the course<br />
focus on ecology and <strong>to</strong> minimise the<br />
carbon footprint we leave for our<br />
children <strong>to</strong> inherit.<br />
Far <strong>to</strong>o much valuable land, which<br />
once provided natural habitats for native<br />
British flora and fauna since time in<br />
memorial, has been lost <strong>to</strong> us - 97% of<br />
England’s traditional wild flower<br />
grasslands have disappeared, for<br />
example. The result is a comprehensive<br />
list of various species of flowers, plants,<br />
animals, birds, insects and other<br />
organisms whose numbers are in a steep<br />
decline.<br />
I feel extremely lucky <strong>to</strong> operate within<br />
Golf<br />
“There has never<br />
been a more<br />
important time <strong>to</strong><br />
focus on ecology<br />
and <strong>to</strong> minimise<br />
the carbon<br />
footprint we leave<br />
for our children<br />
<strong>to</strong> inherit”<br />
the golf industry, and one of the reasons<br />
why is that British golf courses have the<br />
potential <strong>to</strong> play a critical role in<br />
preserving and enhancing Britain’s<br />
countryside. No other industry, except<br />
maybe the management of nature<br />
reserves, has the opportunity <strong>to</strong> directly<br />
impact upon the state of the countryside<br />
like golf has. Eventually, I see golf<br />
courses becoming havens for wildlife<br />
within the British countryside and<br />
shedding the public conception<br />
that golf courses are<br />
detrimental <strong>to</strong> the countryside<br />
and the environment.<br />
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