Podcasts about foulden maar

A nationally significant fossil site was saved from commercial mining earlier this year. Dunedin City Council reached an agreement to save Foulden Maar back in February. Foulden Maar is the site of a crater lake from 23 million years ago, with the diatomite of the lake preserving a fossil treasure trove. Why is Foulden Maar of such international significance? John G Conran is a Senior Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology, at the University of Adelaide.

Sue Wootton and Daphne Lee - Vanda chats to Sue Wootton, publisher at Otago University Press and Daphne Lee talks about her Fossil treasures of Foulden Maar book. Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

Dunedin City Council is now the proud owner of a 23-million year old lake bed While the lake has long since dried up, Foulden Maar is a nationally significant fossil site, and will now be protected from commercial mining. Save Foulden Maar spokesperson Shane Loader explained why protecting the crater is so important.

Dunedin City Council is now the proud owner of a 23-million year old lake bed While the lake has long since dried up, Foulden Maar is a nationally significant fossil site, and will now be protected from commercial mining. Save Foulden Maar spokesperson Shane Loader explained why protecting the crater is so important.

Daphne Lee and Witi Ihimaera (Part 3) - Daphne Lee discusses her new book Fossil Treasures of Foulden Maar. We have the third installment of my talk with Witi Ihimaera at the NZSA Roadshow in New Plymouth. Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

Foulden Maar in Otago is a paleontological site of international importance, offering a window into our past through long-dead fish, flowers and insects. It's also a site of interest for a commercial mining company, which has gone into receivership, and the site is locked to the outside world and still has no legal protection. University of Otago scientist Daphne Lee has just published a new book called Fossil Treasures of Foulden Maar. It offers a much more positive perspective, introducing us to her passion for this extraordinary spot which was formed by a volcanic eruption some 23 million years ago and which preserves countless rare and well preserved fossils.

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In recent years it had seemed that democracy was being embraced in Southeast Asia. What happened? How have cities changed over the last year and after the abolition of slavery what happened in Africa, particularly in West Africa? Can miners and geologists work together to preserve and protect fossils? In New Zealand they .

It's been more than a year since the Dunedin City Council announced its intention to buy 42 hectares of Foulden Maar, a fossil-rich diatomite reserve near Middlemarch. Locals with an interest in the fate of the 23-million-year-old fossil site are still in the dark about what the council's planning. And they're not happy. RNZ's Otago-Southland reporter Timothy Brown reports.

Associate Professor Daphne Lee from the Department of Geology at the University of Otago talk to us about recent research from Otago's controversial Foulden Maar site where mummified leaves could give us an insight into how ancient plants responded to living in a world with elevated levels of carbon dioxide.

Save Foulden Maar with Andrea Bosshard

Why an Australian resource firm is fighting to mine fossils to produce animal feed.

A 23-year million year old volcanic crater in inland Otago that is a treasure trove of exquisiute fossils is facing the threat of being mined for animal feed.

NIWA is tagging longfin eels to try and find their mysterious breeding grounds, and Foulden Maar is one of NZ's premier fossil sites.

A 23-year million year old volcanic crater in inland Otago that is a treasure trove of exquisiute fossils is facing the threat of being mined for animal feed.

NIWA is tagging longfin eels to try and find their mysterious breeding grounds, and Foulden Maar is one of NZ's premier fossil sites.