Uganda Golf Club, House of Jazz join forces for 'Golf Going Green' campaign
The launch was attended by keen advocates of the ecosystem preservation as well as commercial entities that benefit from the maintenance of the course.
Uganda Golf Club (UGC) and House of Jazz (HOJ) have launched a partnership aimed at protecting the golf course and its fragile ecosystem.
Launched on Saturday, the drive kicked off with the "Lungs of the City” Orchestral Jazz Fusion Concert, hosted by UGC and HOJ.
The launch was attended by keen advocates of the ecosystem preservation as well as commercial entities that benefit from the maintenance of the course.
According to Paul Charles Rukundo, the UGC captain, the partnership comes at an ideal time when rapid developments in the real estate sector continue to exert considerable pressure on available open spaces around the City including the golf course.
"This effort is driven by our conviction that the golf course, the only surviving large green space in the middle of our city, needs to be preserved and protected to enable it to effectively play its key role as “the lungs of Kampala”" Rukundo noted.
He expressed optimism that this ecosystem’s preservation initiative will instill harmony between nature and sports aligns with the growing global view that, aside from providing avenues for sporting and leisure, golf courses also offer a great deal of ecosystem functions and services.
"It is clear that our golf course serves as home to a diversity of flora but also hosts feeding, resting and breeding areas for a ot of fauna, notably the dwindling number of Marabou Stocks," he said.
Through this “Golf Going Green" drive, UGC is to identify what must be done to enhance the management of this fragile green space in ways that will conserve and grow its current biodiversity.
By doing so, Rukundo, says they will create an environmentally friendly hence promoting biodiversity conservation.
"UGC will create an environmentally friendly golf course, promote sustainable biodiversity conservation and management practices that can serve as a model to foster best management practices to improve and preserve similar ecosystems across Uganda’s Cities," he said.
