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Learn about the Seed Vault, a secure facility that holds backup copies of seeds from all over the world. Find out how to deposit seeds, the latest news and the conditions for participation.
- About
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault facilitates security...
- News
Photo: NordGen/ Svalbard Global Seed Vault. 15-year-olds in...
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- The Seeds
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault facilitates security...
- The Facility
The Facility – Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The Seed Vault,...
- For Depositors
The Norwegian government invites gene banks holding...
- The History
Based on the results of a 2004 feasibility study and the...
- February 2024: Norwegian Minister of Agriculture and Food welcomes the largest number of new gene banks depositing seeds to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault since its opening in 2008 6. March 2024
- Welcome to the new seedvault.no 23. February 2024
- Securing the foundation of our food supply at -18° Celsius 3. October 2023
- About
The Seed Vault provides long-term storage of duplicates of seeds conserved in genebanks around the world. This provides security of the world's food supply against the loss of seeds in genebanks due to mismanagement, accident, equipment failures, funding cuts, war, sabotage, disease and natural disasters.
- c. 1,000 m², (c. 11,000 sq ft)
- Norway
Search among the stored seed samples in the Seed Vault and the depositing institutions. Learn more about the seed samples, the depositors and the Seed Vault's history and mission.
Oct 25, 2023 · Learn about the world's largest secure seed storage, opened by the Norwegian Government in 2008. The vault holds duplicates of seed samples from essential food crops from 80 countries, and is a global backstop for biodiversity.
Mar 20, 2018 · The vault, located in Norway's Arctic archipelago, stores seeds of 5,000 plant species to protect them from climate change and other threats. Learn how it works, why it is needed, and what challenges it faces.
About Us. Svalbard Global Seed Vault offers safe, free-of-charge, long-term storage of seed sample duplicates of the crop diversity stored in the world’s genebanks. The seeds are stored under black box conditions according to FAO’s genebank standards. The Nordic Genetic Resource Centre (NordGen) is the Nordic countries’ genebank and ...
