This Doomsday Vault is part of an effort to protect the planet’s diminishing biodiversity. The facility was dug deep into the frozen rock of an Arctic mountain on Spitsbergen, one of 3 Arpichelago Islands in Norway. Any seeds stored here will be secure for centuries, or longer. As well as protecting against the loss of multicultural diversity, the vault is going to provide the salvation for restarting agricultural production at the regional or global level in the wake of a natural or man-made disaster..
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That’s amazing! Great forward planning.
Especially after reading in the story that so many other seed banks have been wiped out due to natural disasters already. Lets hope this one is REALLY built to last
Some seed banks were looted during war. Not for the seeds, but for the glass jars that held the seeds.
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