Svalbard Seed Vault

Deep inside a permafrost mountain, Svalbard Global Seed Vault safeguards more than a million seed samples from genebanks throughout the world.

[Alberto Chassaigne @betochassaigne]

@CIMMYT cumple con enviar copias de seguridad de accesiones de maíz y trigo a #Svalbard @GlobalSeedVault

[NordGen @NordGen]

Congratulations to @YasminaBahloul who with this decision also will chair the International Advisory Panel to #Svalbard @GlobalSeedVault. We're looking forward to yet another year with great cooperation on #conservation and #sustainable use of #plant #genetic resources.

[PlantTreaty @planttreaty]

The Intl @planttreaty’s Benefit-sharing Fund project led to #Serbia’s first deposit of #seeds from local wheat varieties into the @GlobalSeedVault.
#ItAllStartsWithTheSeed🌱
#GB9 #farmers #BenefitSharing

[NordGen @NordGen]

#Svalbard @GlobalSeedVault is the world's largest safety backup facility for #crop diversity, offering #genebanks to store duplicate #seeds free of charge and under black box conditions. Participants of the #GB9 to the #itpgrfa can learn more at a side event at lunchtime today.

[Progresohispanonews @progresohispano]

El @GlobalSeedVault mayor Banco de la #Biodiversidad Agrícola Global, se alista para incorporar al Arca de Noé de Svalbard en #Noruega, más de un millar de variedades de semillas que representan el patrimonio vegetal de #España. https://t.co/B5INY6EFw3

[AgroBioDiverse @AgroBioDiverse]

Heard from the staff of the Ukrainian National #genebank in Kharkiv. They are safe for now but under bombardment. Feel so useless. https://t.co/gz5IxpmdQ6

[The Crop Trust @CropTrust]

Ten #genebanks from around the world deposited 20,443 seed samples in the @GlobalSeedVault last week.

We are looking forward to receiving even more crop diversity in the future, says @DvgGilst, senior agricultural advisor from @noradno.

Find out more 👉https://t.co/47zWgXh4c0

[Svalbard Seed Vault @GlobalSeedVault]

The deposit from @NordGen contained interesting plants from mountainous areas, including a Norwegian landrace of #rye introduced from #Sweden in the 16th century that was previously grown in eastern and southern #Norway and rescued just before it disappeared.

[Svalbard Seed Vault @GlobalSeedVault]

“By safeguarding duplicates of invaluable seed collections, the Seed Vault is an insurance policy for seed collections around the world,” said @StefanCropTrust, Executive Director of the @CropTrust.

[The Crop Trust @CropTrust]

Seed boxes in the Svalbard @GlobalSeedVault send a message of peace and unity to the world, says our Executive Director @StefanCropTrust from the first seed deposit of 2022.

Learn more👉https://t.co/47zWgXh4c0

#SeedVault2022 #genebanks #conservation #biodiversity #foodsecurity

[Svalbard Seed Vault @GlobalSeedVault]

Last week: 10 #genebanks from around the world deposited 39 boxes containing 20,443 seed samples, bringing the Seed Vault’s total to 1,15 M samples. Thank you Australia, Germany, New Zealand, Romania, Slovakia, Sudan, Uganda, @ICARDA & @NordGen for backing-up your seeds with us.

[Ecobreed project @EcobreedP]

Serbia🇷🇸 deposited seeds for the first time at the Svalbard @GlobalSeedVault👏 Our partner, Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops was the coordinator. They deposited 96 seed samples, among which, were also some genotypes that are included in #Ecobreed 🤗🌱https://t.co/9xd1fJiicG

[The Crop Trust @CropTrust]

The @GlobalSeedVault shows what we can achieve together with forward-thinking leadership.

In his keynote speech at #GLFClimate, @Nordgen's Asmund Asdal highlights the Seed Vault's essential role and the urgent need to conserve crop diversity before it's lost forever.

#BOLDcwr

[The Crop Trust @CropTrust]

📣 DEADLINE EXTENSION - The Crop Trust and @planttreaty
are offering technical and financial support for the duplication, shipment and deposit of seed 🌱 collections in the @GlobalSeedVault.

Find out more about this global call and how to apply👇

https://t.co/b0ocmAFw5A

[The Crop Trust @CropTrust]

📣 DEADLINE EXTENSION - The Crop Trust and @planttreaty are offering technical and financial support for the duplication, shipment and deposit of seed collections in the @GlobalSeedVault.

Find out more about this global call and how to apply👇

https://t.co/b0ocmAFw5A

[Svalbard Seed Vault @GlobalSeedVault]

A total of 22 #genebank deposited 50,926 #seed samples during 2021. Thanks to all the people across the world who work hard to safeguard and make available the crop diversity we all need. We look forward to welcoming more diversity to the Seed Vault. https://t.co/B2yIghuv2u

[The Crop Trust @CropTrust]

The Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety @agesnews deposited four boxes of mountain herbs seeds in the @GlobalSeedVault at the #Svalbard2021 deposit.

They include some favorite tea varieties like spearmint and sage and also some beautiful flowers - irises and roses.

[PlantTreaty @planttreaty]

A background story on the Serbian collection, one of the depositors to @GlobalSeedVault this week: https://t.co/uEIGOWLlzB (@grainefit)

[The Crop Trust @CropTrust]

The International Livestock Research Institute @ILRI from Ethiopia expanded the diversity in the @GlobalSeedVault with the #Svalbard2021 deposit.

22 new species of African forages were added to the Vault for the first time!

[Seed Today @seedtoday]

Two new first-time depositors from gene banks in Serbia and Latvia welcomed to the @GlobalSeedVault: https://t.co/IvwW1bpwaS