After a 112-year hiatus, golf returned to the Games in 2016. Although golf is not a popular sport in Brazil, it was decided to construct a new course instead of upgrading existing courses (37).  Locals struggling with intermittent water supplies in the midst of a severe drought were frustrated at the liberal use of sprinklers to keep the new course green. Every day, 5 million liters of water are pumped over the R$60million course, although the city authorities argue that the water does not come from the local utility company (38). The site was a key point of protest as it was built inside the Marapendi reserve, a protected part of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, that houses numerous threatened species like a rare tree iguana and the fluminese swallowtail butterfly. Vegetation and natural habitat were compromised during construction. Activists experienced significant repression and intimidation while protesting this choice of site (5).