Anniversary of SGSV

Svalbard Global Seed Vault and NordGen, 5 year!

In february 2008 the Svalbard Global Seed Vault was inaugurated. Today 750 thousand of various seeds are stored deep in the permafrost in the mountain outside Longyearbyen. NordGen also celebrate its fifth anniversary.

NordGen will celebrate its fifth anniversary   with a special occasion!

See the film about the Svalbard Global Seed Vault from Snöball Film  on vimeo.com!  With a interesting story and stunning pictures from the arctic seed bank for future food security to all mankind.

View from the Seed Vault outside Longyearbyen in Svalbard

Seed banks are not a new invention, seed banks and the task of storing seeds have been existing since the birth of agriculture. Obtaining enough food for mankind has always been a task for humanity and will be even more of a challenge as the population increase on our planet. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault will play a vital role for food security in the future. After five years we are proud to see that the Seed Vault serves as a secure safety net for one of the worlds most important natural resources; Plant diversity and food security.

Entrance to the Seed Vault Read an article published in the Norwegian newspaper Nationen , written by Á. Bragason, director of NordGen and O. Westengen, Coordinator of SGSV (in norwegian).  Frøhvelvet är fem år  >>
	Storing seed boxes in shelves

Crop diversity is the biological base of all agriculture and a great foundation of the worlds food security! We need crop diversity to sustain and increase food production, to fight deseases and pests in agricultural crops and to be able to adapt to climate change.

Today the Svalbard Global Seed Vault (SGSV) stores over 750 000 seedsamples from 53 Gene Banks all over the world! Example of crops that are well represented and stored for the future are Oryza sativa  (rice), Triticum  (wheat) and Sorghum  (sorghum).

More information about the Vault on our website >>

photo: S Jeppson, DT Endresen

• Ajankohtaista

• New article about SGSV

  Global Ex-Situ Crop Diversity Conservation and the Svalbard Global Seed Vault: Assessing the Current Status has been published in PLOS ONE >>

• First deposition to SGSV from Thailand

  On March the Svalbard Global Seed Vault recieved the first seed box from Thailand. >>

• NordGen FIVE YEAR JUBILEE!

  This will be celebrated with a serie of lectures the 10 of June! >>

• EUCARPIA Genetic Resources meeting.

  A meeting in June 2013 with scientists, breeders and people from all around the world. Theme of the meeting is "Pre-Breeding - fishing in the gene pool" >>

• Project for supporting Nordic Apples

  The project is centered around two serious problems in Nordic apple production, fruit tree canker and storage diseases. >>

• The Nordic Way at Rio+20

  Activities and events - Events organized by the Nordic Council of Ministers' at Rio+20 >>

• Innovations Protecting the Environment!

  The Worldwatch Institute is listing 15 agricultural innovations around the world where Svalbard Global Seed Vault is one amongst them! >>

• Pohjoismaiden neuvoston

  Ehdota Pohjoismaiden neuvoston luonto- ja ympäristöpalkinnon saajaa! Vuoden 2012 teema: luonnon monimuotoisuus. >>

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