Ganoderma Posted May 29, 2007 Report Posted May 29, 2007 In case others may be interested. this is a seed bank that is meant to store seeds and be protected from environmental and human threats. very cool! Svalbard Global Seed Vault - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Svalbard International Seed Vault's mission is to store as many seeds known to humans as possible, under the terms of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. The goal is to prevent important agricultural and wild plants from becoming rare or extinct in the event of a global disaster such as global warming, a meteorite strike, nuclear or biological warfare, or gene pollution from transgenic plants. There are already over 1400 local seedbanks around the world, but many are in politically unstable or environmentally threatened nations. When this seedbank is built, the vault will be secure and isolated from much of the world's population. SANDERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATES LTD. - Norway launches global seed bank The Global Crop Diversity Trust Svalbard Global Seed Vault - regjeringen.no Quote
freeztar Posted July 17, 2007 Report Posted July 17, 2007 This site deserves mention:Kew: Millennium Seed Bank Project: Home page :) Quote
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