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Over the last four years, the biodiverSEEDy project has been researching and working to advance the conservation of agricultural biodiversity.
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Forgotten stories of frozen seeds
Over the last four years, the biodiverSEEDy project has been researching and working to advance the conservation of agricultural biodiversity.
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Frozen Songs – from Svalbard to Belgrade and Paris
A well filled up audience at Svalbard Culture house, with locals and Seed Vault anniversary visitors, attended the dance and …
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One million seed samples deposited
Significant numbers of seed samples were deposited during the 10 year Seed Vault anniversary. The last updates of the Seed …
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Important crops and seeds highlighted
New seeds were added to the “Seed Vault Foundation Stone” during the 10 year anniversary in Longyearbyen by the end …
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A 100 million NOK upgrade of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault suggested
After ten years of operation, technical improvements will now be carried out at Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
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Seed Vault Summit
Policymakers, scientists, seed bank experts and other guests have been invited to Svalbard for the 10 year anniversary, to participate …
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Svalbard Seed Vault 2008–2018 Anniversary
In February 2008, the eyes of the world focused on a frozen mountainside on an archipelago in northern Norway – …
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Towards a watertight access tunnel
Due to incidents of water intrusion in periods of heavy rainfall in Svalbard, the Norwegian government is now in the …
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Svalbard Global Seed Vault presented at Plant Treaty meeting in Kigali, Rwanda
Representatives from all over the world met in Kigali the first week in November for the 7th Governing Body meeting …
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ICARDA seeds safe back in Lebanon and Morocco
Due to the conflict in Syria, ICARDA in 2015 became the first gene bank to withdraw seeds from their deposit …