Svalbard Global Seed Vault

We offer safe, free and long-term storage of seed duplicates from all genebanks and nations participating in the global community’s ...

All gene banks holding sustainable seed collections are invited to deposit duplicates of their seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed ...

The Government of Norway established and fully funded the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault facilitates security conservation of seeds, comprising genetic material of importance for food and agriculture.

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is carved into a hillside above Longyearbyen airport, 130 meters above sea level.

The idea of having a global security storage facility in Svalbard, to house duplicates of seed conserved in gene banks ...

The Norwegian government invites gene banks holding long-term and sustainable seed collections to deposit duplicates of their seed samples in ...

When the Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened to receive seed samples from the world’s gene banks, it received enormous attention ...

The management and operation of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is carried out by NordGen through an agreement between the Norwegian ...

Around 150 species are deposited for the first time in the Seed Vault. Most of these are deposited by the ...

For the first time film strips that hold information on seed identity and other valuable information will be attached to ...

The Seed Vault will be opened for seed deposits on the following dates in 2022: Week 7 (14.-18. February) Week ...

Seeds from the gene banks in Serbia and Latvia were among the total of 14 011 seed samples that were ...

Because seeds don’t last forever, not even in genebanks, the Crop Trust and partners will help genebanks in their efforts ...

In June 1st, 2021, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault received its highest number of seed deposits since February 2020 – ...