About the Global Seed Vault
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History
The idea of having a global security storage facility in Svalbard, to house duplicates of seed conserved in gene banks ...
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The Facility
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is carved into a hillside above Longyearbyen airport, 130 meters above sea level.
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The Seeds
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault facilitates security conservation of seeds, comprising genetic material of importance for food and agriculture.
How we work
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Our Purpose
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault provides facilities for the safe deposit of seeds samples that have distinct genetic resources of ...
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Our Operations
All gene banks holding sustainable seed collections are invited to deposit duplicates of their seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed ...
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The Organisation
The Government of Norway established and fully funded the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
More information
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For depositors
The Norwegian government invites gene banks holding long-term and sustainable seed collections to deposit duplicates of their seed samples in ...
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Global Citizens
When the Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened to receive seed samples from the world’s gene banks, it received enormous attention ...
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Media
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Documents/reports
The management and operation of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is carried out by NordGen through an agreement between the Norwegian ...
News
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October Deposit Carried out as Planned Despite the Pandemic
Despite the global pandemic, genebanks efforts to secure duplicate seed samples at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault are still ongoing. ...
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The 2020 Svalbard Seed Summit – Genetic diversity for more resilient food systems
The global community has committed to end hunger by 2030 and has identified genetic diversity as an important target. Most ...
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The Svalbard Global Seed Vault inspires world leaders to champion the safeguarding of the world’s seeds and their contribution towards SDG 2: Zero Hunger
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault received the largest seed deposit since its 2008 opening on February 24, 2020. In recognition ...
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Cherokee Nation safeguards its seeds in the Seed Vault
The Cherokee Nation – both its people and its tradition – were part of the 24 February seed deposit at ...
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First time deposits of seeds primarly maintained in natural meadows
For the first time, seeds of species maintained in situ in meadows have been deposited in the Svalbard Global Seed ...
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First Slovak seeds deposited in Seed Vault
This time of year, the last rays of sun give Svalbard a magical blue light. And both the Slovak and ...
The Partners providing for the management, operation, mainentance and long-term funding of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault:
Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Food (LMD)
Contact: postmottak@lmd.dep.no
Global Crop Diversity Trust (CropTrust)
Contact: info@croptrust.org
Nordic genetic resource Center (NorGen)
Contact: plants@nordgen.org
Statsbygg
Contact: postmottak@statsbygg.no
Relevant links
The Commission on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture