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Next week the first seeds from the UK Vegetable Genebank at the University of Warwick will be deposited in Svalbard Global Seed Vault. It is the second gene bank in the United Kingdom to secure seeds in the Seed Vault.
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Vegetable seeds from UK deposited
Next week the first seeds from the UK Vegetable Genebank at the University of Warwick will be deposited in Svalbard …
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Merge of gene bank institutes in Portugal, Chile and Australia
Reorganisation of reseach institutes holding gene bank collections affects also the formalities and seed statistics at the Seed Vault. During …
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NordGen celebrates its 10 year anniversary
NordGen was formed in 2008, as a Nordic centre for conservation and use of genetic resources within plants, domestic animals …
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Seed Vault construction improvements proceed as planned
Work underway at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault to build a new, water-resistant access tunnel to the seed storage area …
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New Depositor Agreement signed as Thai Gene Banks Visited NordGen
This week representatives from two different Thai gene banks visited Sweden and NordGen to sign a new Svalbard Global Seed …
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Seeds – theme of the year at Oxford Symposium
The Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery has been organized every or every second year since 1983. The main theme …
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The Seed Vault presented at FutureFest in London
The FutureFest is one of Europe’s largest festivals exploring ways to shape a better future, organized in London on the …
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Threatened Myanmar orchids conserved in the Seed Vault
Seeds of more than 400 endangered orchid species native to Myanmar rain forest are conserved in Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
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Strengthened cooperation between the Plant Treaty and the Seed Vault
– No country can possibly maintain its own food security by itself. We have to all work together, says Christine …
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The Seed Vault Summit calls for action to save crop diversity
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault Summit organized at the 10 year anniversary concluded with recommendations to governments to tackle three …