AND the loss of a crop variety is as irreversible as the extinction of any form of life. This underground facility, Built to withstand the passage of time and natural or man-made disasters, it already contains more than a million seed ing from almost every country in the world: 30,000 years of agriculture.Īlthough there are more than 1,700 genebanks on the planet with collections of food crops in custody, many of them are vulnerable and exposed not only to natural disasters and wars, but also to avoidable adversities, such as lack of financing or poor management.īut what happens to plant species when farmers stop planting them? They fall into disuse and eventually become extinct. A lifeline for humanity or, as some scientists have put it, ‘the most important room in the world’.
Treasure the seeds that could save a post-apocalyptic world.
This world seed bank is the largest reserve of crop diversity on the planet. Hidden deep within an icy mountain, on a remote island in the Svalbard archipelago, halfway between the Norwegian mainland and the North Pole, lies World Seed Bank, which some call ‘The Ark of Biodiversity’ and others ‘The Doomsday Crypt’ and ‘The Doomsday Vault’. A ‘bunker’ inside a Norwegian mountain houses the vegetable ‘Noah’s Ark’
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