Lake Malaren Golf Club |
Lake Malaren Golf Club in Shanghai was certified on September 7, 2006 as
the First Silver Signature Sanctuary in China and Asia. Its two 18-hole
Peter L.H. Thompson–designed golf courses were built on highly degraded
land comprised of vegetables fields and factories prior to construction;
natural communities had been eliminated long ago. This project is an
excellent example of successful habitat creation/restoration, with
particular emphasis on lake habitats. The project design called for the
creation wildlife corridors, lakes, and native landscaping, along with
elevation changes, as compared with the traditional layout of courses in
Shanghai, which typically feature flat expanses of turfgrass. Nearly
70,000 trees were planted on the private Forest Course, while the public
Lakes Course features interconnected lakes, landscaped with native
buffers and aquatic plants.
To conserve potable
water supplies, Lake Malaren Golf Club draws water from the River Malu,
a highly polluted river which runs through the property. Audubon
International assisted Lake Malaren in designing a biological treatment
system which cleans-up the river water for use in golf course
irrigation. The golf courses are the only ones in the country certified
through ISO90001 for Quality Management and ISO14001 for Environmental
Management.
Lake Malaren Golf
Club is part of a North European 19th century style resort
spanning over 6.8 square kilometers, designed by SWECO FFNS from Sweden
and developed by Shanghai Real Estate in cooperation with Baoshan
District and Luodian Town Governments. To learn more about Lake
Malaren, visit its website at www.lakemalarengolf.com
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