Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which first opened in 2008. This sits proudly in a massive former coal mine, as Euronews Green has previously reported. The huge vault, among cold and dry rock ...

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault saw its largest number of new contributors in one day and now holds over 1.2 million seed varieties from 77 countries. Since 2008, the vault has been stockpiling ...

you can see seed samples that have been shipped over from North Korea. The extinction of a crop is as irreversible as the extinction of an animal, and that’s what makes this vault so important.

The Global Seed Vault, nestled in the Svalbard archipelago in Norway ... are sealed in a custom-made three-ply foil package, sealed inside boxed and stored on shelves. The entrance of the ...

The Global Seed Vault in Norway was built to shelter millions of crops from any potential natural or man-made disaster. More from News The Global Seed Vault in Norway was built to shelter millions ...

Norway's Svalbard Global Seed Vault first opened in February 2008 The vault storing the world's most precious seeds is taking delivery on Monday of consignments that will take it to the one ...

the Svalbard Global Seed Vault coordinator. “These are the highest numbers of depositing genebanks and the highest number of newcomers in the history of the Seed Vault.” While countries may have their ...