Genebanks - items that preserve and store genetic material, such as seeds, tissues, or DNA samples - are sent from all over the world to Svalbard in a bid to keep native - and sometimes ancient - crop ...
Svalbard Global Seed Vault holds over 4.5 types of crops, and the Norwegian organisation in charge of the preservation ...
A vault set deep into the snowy mountains of Norway is the world’s safety net, yet it can only be visited six times per year. The Global Seed Vault, nestled in the Svalbard archipelago in Norway ...
Close to the North Pole, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is the world’s largest seed reserve. It’s ready to help restore ...
The Missouri Botanical Garden established a seed bank in 2013 to preserve and store the seeds of Missouri’s native, rare and ...
Whether it's war, natural disasters or overtourism, these previously popular worldwide destinations have become off limits to ...