Svalbard Seed Vault Surpasses 1.4M Seed Samples
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Svalbard Seed Vault Surpasses 1.4M Seed Samples
More than 15,000 seed samples from 11 genebanks were deposited during the Vault’s second opening of 2026, including first-time deposits from Burkina Faso and Niger. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened for the second time this year, receiving 15,387 new seed samples from 11 genebanks. The deposit brings the total number of seed samples stored in the Vault to 1,401,285. Since the Seed Vault opened in 2008, this marks its 70th deposit occasion. F…
1.4 million seed samples have now been collected in Svalbard On Wednesday, June 17, the global seed vault in Svalbard opened for the second time this year. Over 15,000 new seed samples were deposited. According to the government, the deportation this June contains almost twice as many seed samples as the previous deposit in February. Thousands of seed samples from gene banks in America, Europe, Africa and Asia are now secured in the icy shelves…
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