📣 DEADLINE EXTENSION - The Crop Trust and PlantTreaty are offering technical and financial support for the duplication, shipment and deposit of seed collections in the Svalbard Seed Vault. Find out more about this global call and how to apply👇 buff.ly/3B8BNhx

Two new first-time depositors from gene banks in Serbia and Latvia welcomed to the Svalbard Seed Vault: bit.ly/3GrgxX4

The Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety AGES deposited four boxes of mountain herbs seeds in the Svalbard Seed Vault at the #Svalbard2021 deposit. They include some favorite tea varieties like spearmint and sage and also some beautiful flowers - irises and roses.

A background story on the Serbian collection, one of the depositors to Svalbard Seed Vault this week: fao.org/plant-treaty/n… (GRAINEFIT BSF-4 project)

The International Livestock Research Institute ILRI.org from Ethiopia expanded the diversity in the Svalbard Seed Vault with the #Svalbard2021 deposit. 22 new species of African forages were added to the Vault for the first time!

A total of 22 #genebank deposited 50,926 #seed samples during 2021. Thanks to all the people across the world who work hard to safeguard and make available the crop diversity we all need. We look forward to welcoming more diversity to the Seed Vault. buff.ly/3B8BNhx

Serbia🇷🇸 deposited seeds for the first time at the Svalbard Svalbard Seed Vault👏 Our partner, Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops was the coordinator. They deposited 96 seed samples, among which, were also some genotypes that are included in #Ecobreed 🤗🌱fao.org/plant-treaty/n…

📣 DEADLINE EXTENSION - The Crop Trust and PlantTreaty are offering technical and financial support for the duplication, shipment and deposit of seed 🌱 collections in the Svalbard Seed Vault. Find out more about this global call and how to apply👇 buff.ly/3B8BNhx

The Svalbard Seed Vault shows what we can achieve together with forward-thinking leadership. In his keynote speech at #GLFClimate, @Nordgen's Asmund Asdal highlights the Seed Vault's essential role and the urgent need to conserve crop diversity before it's lost forever. #BOLDcwr

Seed boxes in the Svalbard Svalbard Seed Vault send a message of peace and unity to the world, says our Executive Director Stefan Schmitz from the first seed deposit of 2022. Learn more👉buff.ly/3rPzxt9 #SeedVault2022 #genebanks #conservation #biodiversity #foodsecurity

Last week: 10 #genebanks from around the world deposited 39 boxes containing 20,443 seed samples, bringing the Seed Vault’s total to 1,15 M samples. Thank you Australia, Germany, New Zealand, Romania, Slovakia, Sudan, Uganda, ICARDA & NordGen for backing-up your seeds with us.

“By safeguarding duplicates of invaluable seed collections, the Seed Vault is an insurance policy for seed collections around the world,” said Stefan Schmitz, Executive Director of the The Crop Trust.

The deposit from NordGen contained interesting plants from mountainous areas, including a Norwegian landrace of #rye introduced from #Sweden in the 16th century that was previously grown in eastern and southern #Norway and rescued just before it disappeared.

Ten #genebanks from around the world deposited 20,443 seed samples in the Svalbard Seed Vault last week. We are looking forward to receiving even more crop diversity in the future, says Daniel van Gilst, senior agricultural advisor from Norad. Find out more 👉buff.ly/3rPzxt9

Heard from the staff of the Ukrainian National #genebank in Kharkiv. They are safe for now but under bombardment. Feel so useless. yuriev.com.ua/en/pro-institu…

El Svalbard Seed Vault mayor Banco de la #Biodiversidad Agrícola Global, se alista para incorporar al Arca de Noé de Svalbard en #Noruega, más de un millar de variedades de semillas que representan el patrimonio vegetal de #España. bit.ly/3sCBrxO

#Svalbard Svalbard Seed Vault is the world's largest safety backup facility for #crop diversity, offering #genebanks to store duplicate #seeds free of charge and under black box conditions. Participants of the #GB9 to the #itpgrfa can learn more at a side event at lunchtime today.

The Intl PlantTreaty’s Benefit-sharing Fund project led to #Serbia’s first deposit of #seeds from local wheat varieties into the Svalbard Seed Vault. #ItAllStartsWithTheSeed🌱 #GB9 #farmers #BenefitSharing

CIMMYT cumple con enviar copias de seguridad de accesiones de maíz y trigo a #Svalbard Svalbard Seed Vault

Congratulations to Yasmina EL BAHLOUL who with this decision also will chair the International Advisory Panel to #Svalbard Svalbard Seed Vault. We're looking forward to yet another year with great cooperation on #conservation and #sustainable use of #plant #genetic resources.