print email comment close Svalbard Global Seed Vault URL: http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/lmd/campain/svalbard-global-seed-vault.html?id=462220 Description: Background about this seed vault (opened in February 2008 in the permafrost in the mountains of Svalbard, Norway) "designed to store duplicates of seeds from seed collections from around the globe. ... If seeds are lost, e.g. as a result of natural disasters, war or simply a lack of resources, the seed collections may be reestablished using seeds from Svalbard." Features news releases, photos, and videos. From the Norway Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Publisher: Norway Ministry of Agriculture and Food Extra Keywords doomsday Norwegian LII Database Information: Record 25611 created by Jennifer English on 03/03/2008 Last modification on 03/04/2008 Published: 03/13/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25611