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Svalbard Global Seed Vault was created in 2008.
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What makes Svalbard a good location for the seed vault?
Svalbard Global Seed Vault Deep inside a mountain on a remote island in the Svalbard archipelago, halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole, lies the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. It is a fail-safe, state-of-the-art seed storage facility, built to stand the test of time - and of natural or manmade disasters. ß----- change to my own words
Why the Global seed bank in Svalbard?
the global seed vault was built in svakbard because they could dig deep into the mountain so they could build it into the mountain because they needed somewhere big.
What do you call a facility that stores plant seeds?
Seed bank / Gene bankThere are currently about 1,400 seed banks around the world, but the most famous is the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which opened on Feb. 26, 2008. It is located deep in the side of a frozen arctic mountain in Longyearbyen, Norway, and can weather any disaster from bombings to earthquakes. Also known as the Doomsday Vault. It functions as a global repository and backup for all other seed banks
What shows the need for gene banks for agricultural crops?
Gene banks are used to store and conserve the plant genetic resources of major crop plants. The material is frozen and later unfrozen and propagated. The most well-known seed bank is Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
What is svalbard like?
Svalbard is (in my opinion) an amazing place. Why? Well because it holds so many features in which are extraordinary such as, Northern lights, Seed vault and painted houses. It is also very cold (Because it is inside the Arctic Circle) Hope that helped :)
Why is the only seed vault on Earth in Norway?
cos the concept of a seed vault is silly
What is a seed vault?
A seed vault is built to to save a part of plant life. They back up seed banks to save plants.
What are some important human features of svalbard?
The Arctic seed bank is one of the features. 8)
How many seeds in the svalbard seed bank?
i think they might be aiming to hold around 250 billion seeds in the end
What was Global sunflower seed production in 2002?
Global sunflower seed production was 7.5 million metric tons in 2002
What was Global sunflower seed production in 1999?
Global sunflower seed production was 9.6 million metric tons in 1999-00
What was Global sunflower seed production in 2001?
Global sunflower seed production was 8.3 million metric tons in 2000-2001
