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Article: Ornithologist's suspension clears way for development; Attempt to protect breeding site for flamingoes puts Mark Anderson on collision course with R2-billion housing scheme.(News)

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The Saturday Star (South Africa)
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September 6, 2008
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BYLINE: Sheree Bega

Suspended ornithologist Mark Anderson says he has been made to feel like a criminal for his globally recognised efforts to safeguard South Africa's only breeding site for lesser flamingoes.

Last month, Anderson's long-time employer, the Northern Cape Department of Tourism, Environment and Nature Conservation, placed the specialist nature conservation scientist on "precautionary suspension" along with two of his senior colleagues.

This ostensibly related to complaints the department received about Anderson and his colleagues' role in their "official capacity" in voicing their concerns about a proposed R2-billion housing ...

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