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Why the Foulden Maar, New Zealand, fossil site is worth preserving
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Life in maars: why it’s worth protecting a spectacular fossil site NZ almost lost to commercial mining interests John G. Gordan and otehrs, The Conversation, July 20, 2023 Foulden Maar: Dunedin City Council saves fossil site from mining by buying land RNZ, February2, 2023 Saving Foulden Maar-GSNZ lnvolvement Daphne Lee, Bruce W Hayward and Jennifer Eccles GSNZ Geoheritage Subcommittee Bruce Hayward publications A book on this site is: Lee, D., Kaulfuss, U. and Conran, J., 2022. Fossil Treasures of Foulden Maar: A Window Into Miocene Zealandia. Otago University Press. Yours, Paul H.-
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Efforts made to protect Foulden Maar, New Zealand, lagerstatten
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Proposal to mine fossil-rich site in New Zealand sparks campaign to protect it https://phys.org/news/2019-06-fossil-rich-site-zealand-campaign.html http://theconversation.com/proposal-to-mine-fossil-rich-site-in-new-zealand-sparks-campaign-to-protect-it-118505 Scientist: maar not only 'outstanding' site By John Gibb, Otago Daily times https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/scientist-maar-not-only-outstanding-site https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/council-now-formally-opposed-expansion-mine Foulden Maar - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foulden_Maar Yours, Paul H.