Safeguarding Seeds for the FutureSvalbard Global Seed Vault Ghana genebank becomes 100th depositor to safeguard food crops in the Seed VaultLongyearbyen, Norway, October 24, 2023 – Today, Ghana becomes the 100th depositor to deposit seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, an important step towards ensuring the long-term protection of the country’s major food crops. Read more Photo: Catalina Balllesteros, Crop TrustOpen Our Purpose We offer safe, free and long-term storage of seed duplicates from all genebanks and nations participating in the global community’s ... Our Operations All gene banks holding sustainable seed collections are invited to deposit duplicates of their seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed ... The Organisation The Government of Norway established and fully funded the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. 1,267,127 seed samples 102 genebanks 6,143 species The Seeds The Svalbard Global Seed Vault facilitates security conservation of seeds, comprising genetic material of importance for food and agriculture. The Facility The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is carved into a hillside above Longyearbyen airport, 130 meters above sea level. The History The idea of having a global security storage facility in Svalbard, to house duplicates of seed conserved in gene banks ... More information For depositors The Norwegian government invites gene banks holding long-term and sustainable seed collections to deposit duplicates of their seed samples in ... Global Citizens When the Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened to receive seed samples from the world’s gene banks, it received enormous attention ... Media Documents/reports The management and operation of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is carried out by NordGen through an agreement between the Norwegian ... News Photo: Catalina Balllesteros, Crop TrustOpen Ghana genebank becomes 100th depositor to safeguard food crops in the Seed Vault Today, Ghana becomes the 100th depositor to deposit seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault Securing the foundation of our food supply at -18° Celsius Longyearbyen, Svalbard, 6-7 June 2023 –the Svalbard Global Seed Vault welcomes 40,507 new seed samples from nine genebank depositors, including ... Photo: Ragnhild Utne/Management ConsultantOpen 15-year-olds in Svalbard celebrates the “15 year old” Svalbard Global Seed Vault on 28 February 2023 The 15-year-olds in Svalbard assisted when new 20,000 seed samples from 20 gene banks from all over the world were ... After 15- Years: Aiming to Secure Seeds Representing Every Important Crop Variety Available in the World Today In February 2023, it will be 15 years since the Svalbard Global Seed Vault was opened. Over the last 15 ... Two Newcomers Join Svalbard Global Seed Vault for Final Opening of 2022 The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is set to accept new seed shipments from 12 genebanks around the world this week, ... Bronislovas Gelvonauskis from State Forest Service, Angeles Gomez Borrego and Luis Guasch Pereira from the Spanish genebank at CSIC bringing their first seed boxes at the Seed Vault.Photo: NordGenOpen Spain and Lithuania depositing seeds for first time Two genebanks joined the growing number of depositors to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault this week and varieties of rice ... More newsThe Partners providing for the management, operation, mainentance and long-term funding of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault:   Relevant links Svalbard Museum The Commission on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
