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Our Purpose
We offer safe, free and long-term storage of seed duplicates from all genebanks and nations participating in the global community’s ...
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Our Operations
All gene banks holding sustainable seed collections are invited to deposit duplicates of their seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed ...
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The Organisation
The Government of Norway established and fully funded the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
1,125,419
seed samples
89
genebanks
5,481
species
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The Seeds
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault facilitates security conservation of seeds, comprising genetic material of importance for food and agriculture.
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The Facility
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is carved into a hillside above Longyearbyen airport, 130 meters above sea level.
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The History
The idea of having a global security storage facility in Svalbard, to house duplicates of seed conserved in gene banks ...
More information
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For depositors
The Norwegian government invites gene banks holding long-term and sustainable seed collections to deposit duplicates of their seed samples in ...
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Global Citizens
When the Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened to receive seed samples from the world’s gene banks, it received enormous attention ...
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Media
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Documents/reports
The management and operation of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is carried out by NordGen through an agreement between the Norwegian ...
News
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Seeds of 150 New Species Safeguarded in the Seed Vault
Around 150 species are deposited for the first time in the Seed Vault. Most of these are deposited by the ...
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Nanofilm will safeguard identity of the more than 1 mill seed samples in the Seed Vault
For the first time film strips that hold information on seed identity and other valuable information will be attached to ...
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Dates for Seed Deposits in 2022
The Seed Vault will be opened for seed deposits on the following dates in 2022: Week 7 (14.-18. February) Week ...
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Two new first-time depositors welcomed to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Seeds from the gene banks in Serbia and Latvia were among the total of 14 011 seed samples that were ...
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Announcing Support for Genebanks to Back-up Crop Collections in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Because seeds don’t last forever, not even in genebanks, the Crop Trust and partners will help genebanks in their efforts ...
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More than 30 000 new seeds arrive at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
In June 1st, 2021, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault received its highest number of seed deposits since February 2020 – ...
The Partners providing for the management, operation, mainentance and long-term funding of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault:
Relevant links
The Commission on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture