Green Options » Norwary http://greenoptions.com/tag/norwary Posts tagged 'Norwary' Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:31:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Blast-Proof World Seed Bank Vault Being Built in Norway http://ecoscraps.com/2008/11/28/blast-proof-world-seed-bank-vault-being-built-in-norway/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/11/28/blast-proof-world-seed-bank-vault-being-built-in-norway/#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:31:57 +0000 Jennifer Lance http://ecoscraps.com/2008/11/28/blast-proof-world-seed-bank-vault-being-built-in-norway/ World Seed VaultSeed banks help out farmers in times of natural disasters; however, the Global Crop Diversity Trust is preparing for such a disaster on a global scale.  The Svalbard Global Seed Vault will store and preserve 4.5 million samples from other seed banks. The vault is located on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen. Conde Nast explains the purpose of this world seed bank:

There are only two reasons a seed would ever leave this vault: (1) to be replaced by a fresh sample or (2) to reseed a crop that’s been wiped off the earth.

Image and via:  Conde Nast Portfolio

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