Svalbard Global Seed Vault: a 'Noah's Ark' for the world's seeds
News about Norway's plans to establish a 'doomsday vault' for seeds in the permafrost of the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard as a back-up for conventional gene banks reached the world press in 2006. The idea of a Global Seed Vault, which today is considered a 'Noah's Ark'...
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ftoxfam:oai:oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com:10546/130917 2023-05-15T14:28:49+02:00 Svalbard Global Seed Vault: a 'Noah's Ark' for the world's seeds Qvenild, Marte Eade, Deborah 2011-05-24T10:00:06Z 6 PDF http://hdl.handle.net/10546/130917 https://doi.org/10.1080/09614520701778934 English eng Oxfam GB Routledge http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/svalbard-global-seed-vault-a-noahs-ark-for-the-worlds-seeds-130917 0961-4524 doi:10.1080/09614520701778934 http://hdl.handle.net/10546/130917 1364-9213 Development in Practice Food and livelihoods Approach and methodology Journal article 2011 ftoxfam https://doi.org/10.1080/09614520701778934 2023-01-05T10:39:50Z News about Norway's plans to establish a 'doomsday vault' for seeds in the permafrost of the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard as a back-up for conventional gene banks reached the world press in 2006. The idea of a Global Seed Vault, which today is considered a 'Noah's Ark' for seeds, was previously regarded with suspicion and considered to be unrealistic. In 1989 the Norwegian government offered to construct an international depository for seeds in permafrost, but the initiative was sidelined in the agitated debates between developed and developing countries over access to and control of plant genetic resources. The realisation of the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (2004) resolved some of the most difficult issues and made possible the launching of a new Norwegian initiative to safeguard some of the world's most important plant genetic resources for the future. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Archipelago Arctic permafrost Svalbard Oxfam iLibrary Arctic Svalbard Development in Practice 18 1 110 116 |
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News about Norway's plans to establish a 'doomsday vault' for seeds in the permafrost of the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard as a back-up for conventional gene banks reached the world press in 2006. The idea of a Global Seed Vault, which today is considered a 'Noah's Ark' for seeds, was previously regarded with suspicion and considered to be unrealistic. In 1989 the Norwegian government offered to construct an international depository for seeds in permafrost, but the initiative was sidelined in the agitated debates between developed and developing countries over access to and control of plant genetic resources. The realisation of the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (2004) resolved some of the most difficult issues and made possible the launching of a new Norwegian initiative to safeguard some of the world's most important plant genetic resources for the future. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. |
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