Arctic Seed Vault Safeguards Global Biodiversity with Major Deposits from ICARDA, AfricaRice, and International Seed Collections

Arctic Seed Vault Safeguards Global Biodiversity with Major Deposits from ICARDA, AfricaRice, and International Seed Collections

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Listeners. Here is the latest news about the Small Barred
Global Seed Vault, the remarkable facility often called the Doomsday Vault,
tucked away in the Arctic permafrost of Small Barred Norway.
As of July twenty twenty five, the Seed Vault remains
a stronghold of hope and biodiversity for our planet's food security,
with several major new developments making headlines. This July, a

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significant deposit was made by e Karda, the International Center
for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas. They sent two
thousand seven climate resilient seed samples to Swalbart, reinforcing the
Vault's role as a safeguard for agricultural biodiversity and food
security in the face of escalating climate unpredictability. According to

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agro Spectrum India, these samples represent some of the world's
most drought and disease resistant plant species. Many of these
seeds are being held as secure backups, while their duplicates
are already being used in research and crop reading to
develop new varieties that can withstand changing environmental conditions. Good
Morning America highlighted another critical deposit, the arrival of rice

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seeds from Africa's largest rice collection. Facilitated by the research
Association Africa Rice. These seeds central for conserving African rice diversity,
provide future researchers with a living archive. Along with the rice,
the Seed Vault now also preserves Nordic forest tree seeds,
including Norway spruce and Scott's pine. According to Norway's government,

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two hundred eighteen lots from forest seed centers are stored,
some as old as eighty years. Their inclusion aims not
only at conservation, but also at long term studies tracking
genetic shifts and changes in breeding practices for foundational species
in Nordic forests. The Vault sees more than just agricultural seeds.

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Recent years have seen the concept of preservation spread further.
For example, Morning Age clips and we On News describe
how the Seed Vault's model has inspired the microbiol Initiative.
This project seeks to collect and preserve healthy human associated
microbes before they vanish due to modern lifestyle and environmental changes.

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Scientists state that much like plant genetic diversity, safeguarding microbes
could one day be essential for food production, health and
ecosystem balance. Food and agriculture organization stories detailed journeys of
rare seeds from remote communities, such as ancient wheat from
the mountains of Georgia, making their way into Small Bard's

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cold chambers. These grains carry the survival stories of many
generations and now rest alongside thousands of other samples kept
at a stable temperature of minus eighteen degrees celsius for
the world's future food supply. Farmers from Georgia express relief
and pride knowing their heritage varieties will be available for

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both current livelihoods and future breeding efforts. The simple act
of eating local bread in Georgia today connects eaters to
the preservation of global biodiversity in the Arctic. Aside from
its mission, Smallbarred itself fascinates many polar quest shares lesser
known facts. Roads do not link settlements, Polar bears remain

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a constant risk, requiring armed precautions, and due to permafrost,
neither births nor burials can happen locally. All houses perch
on stilts and the sun avoids setting for months every summer,
creating an environment unlike anywhere else on Earth. Notably, cats
are banned to protect BirdLife, and even beer brewed locally

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draws from ancient glacier water. As climate change intensifies and
gene banks in unstable regions remain at risk, the Small
Barred Global Seed Vault stands unrivaled as a planetary insurance policy.
It quietly collects catalogs and protects the world's crop heritage,
plant by plant, for whatever the future might bring. Thanks

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for tuning in to this week's insights on the Small
Barred Seed Vault. Be sure to join us next week
for more stories about our changing world and the efforts
to protect it for generations to come.