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Continuing our mini series on Burmese Amber, we now turn our focus to the ethics of working on this fossil material. Can possessing or working on amber from Myanmar ever be considered ethical?
In the first part of this episode, we examined the political context, work around Myanmar's fossil exportation laws and follow the money back through the trade routes. Now, in the second part, we discuss why it's currently unethical to study Burmese amber, what palaeontologists can do about that, and whether the situation might change in the future.
Joining us to guide us through this process are Nussaïbah Raja (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg) and Dr Emma Dunne (University of Birmingham).
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Continuing our mini series on Burmese Amber, we now turn our focus to the ethics of working on this fossil material. Can possessing or working on amber from Myanmar ever be considered ethical?
In the first part of this episode, we examined the political context, work around Myanmar's fossil exportation laws and follow the money back through the trade routes. Now, in the second part, we discuss why it's currently unethical to study Burmese amber, what palaeontologists can do about that, and whether the situation might change in the future.
Joining us to guide us through this process are Nussaïbah Raja (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg) and Dr Emma Dunne (University of Birmingham).

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