The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, located on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, has reopened for the first deposit of 2021.
The vault is a long-term seed storage facility, with the capacity to store almost 5 million different seed samples from all over the world.
When construction began in 2006, the concept behind the seed vault was to ensure that Earth’s plant life can be replenished in the event of natural or manmade catastrophe. [Read more…] about Svalbard Global Seed Vault reopens for first deposit of 2021