Svalbard Global Seed Vault: Huge interest
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Published under: Stoltenberg's 2nd Government
Publisher: Ministry of Agriculture and Food
News story | Date: 20/06/2008 | Last updated: 25/08/2008
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: There is huge interest in visiting the global seed vault on Svalbard. Jimmy Carter, George Soros and Ted Turner are amongst those who will visit the vault this summer. There are heavy restrictions on access to the vault.
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: Huge interest
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: There is huge interest in visiting the global seed vault on Svalbard. Jimmy Carter, George Soros and Ted Turner are amongst those who will visit the vault this summer. There are heavy restrictions on access to the vault.
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Opened 26 February
Svalbard Global Seed Vault was opened on 26 February this year by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg together with Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai. 268,000 seed types comprising more than 100 million individual seeds, which represent agriculture in 220 countries have already been catalogued, coded and placed in the seed vault.
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: There is huge interest in visiting the Global Seed Vault on Svalbard.