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Celebration Meets Urgency at Latest Seed Vault Opening in Svalbard
June 2025: Seed samples of cultural iconic plants from Korea, the Netherlands, and Benin are sent to the Seed Vault among seeds from 11 other countries
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Sudan making its first deposit amid the country’s ongoing civil war
October 2024: Arrival of more than 30,000 new seeds – A continuation of global efforts to conserve diversity in the face of escalating climate change, conflict and other crises
Svalbard Global Seed Vault – Theme for World Food Prize 2024
February 2024: Norwegian Minister of Agriculture and Food welcomes the largest number of new gene banks depositing seeds to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault since its opening in 2008