This system underpins efforts to build sustainable and socially equitable agri-food systems. Theres a reason they call it the doomsday vault. Walking through dark, grey tunnels carved 400 feet into the base of a mountain in the Arctic Circle, researchers. Genebanks do not work alone but in an increasingly strengthened and experienced multilateral system of governance, science, financial support and collaboration. Global seed bank opens ‘doomsday vault’ to deliver Syrian varieties to safety. We describe the multifaceted and layered structure of the global system for the conservation and use of crop diversity that enabled this successful outcome. Based on the safety duplicates, ICARDA since 2015 have rebuilt their collections and resumed distribution of seeds to users internationally from their new premises in Morocco and Lebanon. Being among the first depositors to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, ICARDA managed to safety duplicate more than 80% of its collection before the last staff had to leave the genebank in 2014 because of the war.

A 'doomsday' vault built to withstand an earthquake or nuclear strike is ready to open deep in the permafrost. Here we present the story of the rescue and reconstitution of the unique seed collection held in the international genebank of International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) in Syria. In your robotic suit navigate a flooded city, break into an underground lair and explore ancient pyramids. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is seen Monday Feb. Concerted conservation efforts are needed to maintain and make this diversity available to plant scientists, breeders and farmers. LONDON: A ‘doomsday’ Arctic seed vault on Norway’s Spitsbergen island is set to receive its most diverse batch of seed donations yet as efforts to secure the world’s food supplies ramp up. In the first withdrawal from a doomsday seed vault in the Arctic, thousands of seeds that were originally kept in war-stricken Syria have been safely delivered to Morocco and Lebanon. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which holds over 1.1 million seed samples of nearly 6,000 plant species from 89 seed banks globally, also serves as a backup for plant breeders to develop new crop varieties, Reuters reported.Crop diversity underpins food security and adaptation to climate change.

ICARDA made the first seed withdrawal from the vault in 2015 to replace a collection damaged by the war, and two further withdrawals in 20 to rebuild its own collections, now held in Lebanon and Morocco. The Global Seed Vault has been dubbed the doomsday vault, which conjures up an image of a reserve of seeds for use in case of an apocalyptic event or a global catastrophe. What makes this entire seed bank enterprise suspicious at the very least is the list of financial sponsors behind the global project. The International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA), which moved its headquarters to Beirut from Aleppo in 2012 because of the war in Syria, will deposit some 8,000 samples. The Svalbard Doomsday Seed Vault on Spitsbergen Island north of the Arctic Circle just received an additional major shipment of plant variety seeds for its special storage. Why such kind of questions How did we discover the pyramids or the mummy s.

Syria war spurs opening of doomsday Arctic seed vault. The 'doomsday vault' lies inside an Arctic mountain in the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. Researchers requested the seeds after a seed gene bank in Aleppo was damaged. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault was inaugurated in 2008. The impressive facility is a fail-safe seed storage centre, built to stand the test of time and meet the challenge of natural or man-made disasters. The war in Syria has provoked the first withdrawal of seeds from the vault. Deep inside the remote Platåberget mountain on the Svalbard archipelago lies the Global Seed Vault. Gene banks from these countries will deposit seeds, including millet, sorghum and wheat, as back-ups to their own collections. Discover the worlds doomsday vaults for seeds and data. SHAFAQNA- The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, on Spitsbergen island halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole receive new deposits from Sudan, Uganda, New Zealand, Germany and Lebanon on Monday.

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