In 2020, 82501 new seed samples were safeguarded at Svalbard, resulting in a total number of 1,074,533 seed samples in the Seed Vault by the end of 2020. More details to be find in the 2020 annual brief.
In 2020: The Svalbard Global Seed Vault Welcomes Record Number of Depositors
After the completion of the technical upgrade of the Seed Vault in late 2019, new and old depositing genebanks participated in a major seed deposit in February 2020. The event welcomed participants from five continents, including representatives from 35 genebanks.