the svalbard global seed vault was built in 2006.
the svalbard global seed vault was built in 2006.
when was the svalbard global seed vault built?
2006
for the seed vault's 10th anniversary on 26 february 2018, a shipment of 70,000 samples was delivered to the facility, bringing the number of samples received to more than one million (not counting withdrawals). at this time, the total number of samples held at the vault was 967,216, representing over 13,000 years of agricultural history.









































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norway, sweden, finland, denmark, and iceland's prime ministers ceremonially laid "the first stone" on 19 june 2006.
svalbard global seed vault
the svalbard global seed vault () is a secure seed bank on the norwegian island of spitsbergen, near longyearbyen, in the remote arctic svalbard archipelago, approximately from the north pole. conservationist cary fowler, in association with the consultative group on international agricultural research (cgiar), started the vault to preserve a wide variety of plant seeds that are duplicate samples, or "spare" copies, of seeds held in gene banks worldwide. the seed vault is an attempt to ensure against the loss of seeds in other genebanks during large-scale regional or global crises. the seed vault is managed under terms spelled out in a tripartite agreement among the norwegian government, the crop trust, and the nordic genetic resource center (nordgen).
svalbard global seed vault