THE World Wide Fund for Nature has been working with the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club on its Fanling course.
The group approached the golf club late last year with a proposal to survey the wildlife on the 73-year-old course and suggest measures to protect animals and plants and raise environmental awareness among the club's members.
The executive director of the fund, David Melville, said the move did not conflict with their opposition to new golf courses at Shalotung and Kau Sai Chau, because the Fanling course had been there since 1921.
''We approached them because we wanted to see what opportunities there were for wildlife on the golf course,'' he said.
The University of Hong Kong's Gary Ades, who assisted with the wildlife survey, said the area was good for birds of prey such as eagles, but smaller birds needed to be encouraged by putting up boxes for them to nest in.
Some of the ponds were also rich in frogs and fish and it was suggested more lilies and other plants be planted to encourage amphibians and dragonflies.
