Operational costs will be paid by Norway and the Global Crop Diversity Trust. Located within the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, this formidable seed bank rises dramatically from the mountainside looking like the icy lair of a Bond villain.
NORWEGIAN DOOMSDAY VAULT FREE
Storage of seeds in the seed vault is free of charge. Australias ability to survive a global catastrophe is now a little stronger, 'backed up' in a remote seed vault deep within in a mountain on the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. The seed vault is managed under terms spelled out in a tripartite agreement between the Norwegian government, the Global Crop Diversity Trust (GCDT) and the Nordic Genetic Resource Center (NordGen).Ĭonstruction of the seed vault, which cost approximately NOK 45 million (US$9 million), was funded entirely by the Government of Norway. The seed vault will provide insurance against the loss of seeds in genebanks, as well as a refuge for seeds in the case of large-scale regional or global crises. The seeds are duplicate samples, or “spare” copies, of seeds held in gene banks worldwide. Located just down the road from the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, the announcement comes with a mockumentary-style video that follows a Norwegian architect named Markus Thorland who must design and. The facility preserves a wide variety of plant seeds in an underground cavern. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Norwegian: Svalbard globale frøhvelv) is a secure seedbank located on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen near the town of Longyearbyen in the remote Arctic Svalbard archipelago, about 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) from the North Pole. Svalbard Global Seed Vault is located on a remote Norwegian archipelago for seeds to be stored deep within the permafrost. Snow blows off the Svalbard Global Seed Vault before being inaugurated. In a rare occurrence, the so-called “Doomsday Seed Vault” in Norway which could be used to replant the world in the event of a manmade or natural disasters was opened. The doomsday seed vault built to store every known crop on the planet is in danger but it may get a 13 million upgrade.
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