Kemiska bekämpningsmedel på golfbanor i Kristianstads kommun - Hur kan man minska användningen i framtiden?

Sammanfattning: To keep a high standard of the golf courses intensive maintenance work might be required. To avoid weeds, fungi and diseases on the courses almost half of all golf clubs in Sweden use chemical pesticides. Because of the toxic nature of the the substances it may cause negative impacts on the environment which makes it important to reduce or stop entirely with the use of chemical pesticides. This study is conducted to find out what the golf clubs in Kristianstad can do to reduce their use of pesticides, and provide guidance to the supervisory authority in the management of golf clubs. The main use of chemical pesticides on the golf clubs in Kristianstad municipality is to prevent fungal damage on the putting green and weeds on the fairway. Most of the golf clubs here use prevention methods to strengthen the grass so the use of chemical pesticides can be reduced. For a golf club to be able to improve their maintenance work it requires that the environmental manager have control over the golf club activities and knows what they can improve. To reach the international standard through an environmental certification can be a good way to incentivice golf clubs to improve their environmental work. The supervisory authority can also impose stricter requirements on the golf clubs before authorizing the use of chemical pesticides. They can also provide information at the environmental inspection on the golf club. But by increasing the mechanical control and maintenance work the chemical control can be reduced on the golf courses. This work requires long-term planning but a golf club can manage without the use of chemical pesticides and still maintain a high standard of courses for the players.