Svalbard Global Seed Vault
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The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a secure backup facility for the Earth's crop diversity on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen in the remote Arctic Svalbard archipelago. The Seed Vault provides long
Svalbard Global Seed Vault February 2025
Cary Fowler at the Seed Vault during its construction
Seed storage containers on metal shelving inside the vault
Seeds have been stored in aluminium bags since 2004.
Longyearbyen
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Longyearbyen is one of the world's northernmost settlements, with an estimated population of around 2,400–2,800, and is the capital and largest settled area of Svalbard. It stretches along the foot of
Svalbard Global Seed Vault
…history. In 1984, the Nordic Gene Bank (now NordGen) began storing backup Nordic plant germplasm via frozen seeds in an abandoned coal mine outside of Longyearbyen. In 2001, the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) was adopted and national governments began to ratify…
Longyearbyen spisshus 2022
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Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Longyearbyen, Norway
1973HDR Longyearbyen