![]() ![]() They were planted and grown in greenhouses before stocks were replenished and the ancient seeds once again became available to researchers around the world. The duplicates were shipped to new seed vaults in Lebanon and Morocco. Quite often, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault receives offers of seed donations. ![]() Fortunately, the vault in Aleppo had duplicates in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Traits that could become essential if climate change escalates. Perhaps more importantly the old Syrian crops has desirable genetic traits such as heat and drought resistance. These seeds are of particular historical and cultural significance because the cradle of agriculture was in and around the lands of ancient Syria. The Svalbard vault, which is carved into solid rock, houses samples of about 1,050,000 crop varieties from 5,000 species. The war in Syria has left an important seed vault in Aleppo unreachable – cutting off access to more than 135.000 varieties of crops, most of them already extinct. Funding comes from the Norwegian Ministry for Agriculture and Food, Crop Trust and NordGen. It was designed as an impregnable deep-freeze to protect the world’s most precious seeds from any global disaster and ensure humanity’s food supply. This global network collects, preserves and shares seeds to further agricultural research and develop new varieties. All coordination and day-to-day operations are managed by NordGen – an institute established between the Nordic countries, originally dedicated to safeguarding the genetics of local plants, farm animals and forests. Find Svalbard Global Seed Vault stock images in HD and millions of other royalty-free stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the Shutterstock collection. It has been dubbed the doomsday vault because it is intended as a backup in case of a catastrophe that devastates the world’s food crops. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is located deep inside a mountain locked inside the permafrost of a secluded island in the Arctic Circle. Due to the war in Syria however, there has been one withdrawal. Duplicates that aren’t necessarily meant to come out again. This means the vault now contains duplicates of 40 % of all seed samples conserved around the world. 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. The special thing about the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is that all nations can use it free of charge. ![]()
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