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7000 Plant Seeds from 36 African Nations in Arctic Vault
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by leconcierge | February 26, 2008 at 01:43 pm
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February 26, 2008 is the Grand Opening date for the Arctic Vault. Located 800 miles from the North Pole in the island of Svalbard (Norway), it will be a bank vault of sort for all the major plant and crop seeds of the world.
The first delivery will be rice plants.
Catherine Riungu wrote in The East African (Nairobi) that "21 boxes filled with 7,000 unique seed samples from more than 36 African nations" have been shipped there.
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at 14:17 on February 26th, 2008
This is fascinating, thanks for bringing it to our attention!
at 17:10 on February 26th, 2008
though seed banks in thenselves are nothing new.
I thought this one had been stocked for a long time.
Hop global warming does not mean they will need to install refrigeration ;)