CWR Policy Brief: Measuring the State of Conservation of Crop Diversity
New international agreements on sustainable development and biodiversity conservation explicitly prioritize fully safeguarding the genetic diversity of crops and their wild relatives as well as domesticated animals by 2020.
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23 May 2016
23 May 2016
Le Monde: Beyond the Polar Circle, Ten Thousand Years of Agriculture in a "Vault"
Recent Le Monde article, titled 'Au Svalbard, dans la Chambre-forte des semences,' gives readers an inside look at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault and explores the importance of conserving crop diversity in the midst of an...
20 May 2016
20 May 2016
Washington Post: Why the World is Storing So Many Seeds in a ‘Doomsday’ Vault
Recent Washington Post article, titled "Why the world is storing so many seeds in a ‘doomsday’ vault" sheds some light on why conserving seeds is so critically important not only in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault but in genebanks...
28 Apr 2016
28 Apr 2016
Yale Environment 360: Climate Change Adds Urgency To Push to Save World’s Seeds
A recent report in Yale Environment 360, titled "Climate Change Adds Urgency To Push to Save World’s Seeds" says that the world’s genebanks may hold the key to growing food under increasingly harsh conditions like...
27 Apr 2016
27 Apr 2016
Opinion: Preserving Japan's Unique Food Culture for Future Generations
Kyodo News published an opinion piece by the Crop Trust's Executive Director, Marie Haga, on the 13th of April, highlighting the importance of indigenous crop types and crop diversity conservation in preserving Japan's unique food...
13 Apr 2016
13 Apr 2016
The First Seed Deposit of 2016
The University of Okayama in Japan and Seed Savers Exchange in the United States recently deposited samples of some of the world's most celebrated crops including barley, carrot, tomato, and other vegetables into the Svalbard...
6 Apr 2016
6 Apr 2016
BBC News: Go Wild to Protect Food Security, Says Study
Recent BBC article, titled "Go Wild to Protect Food Security" says that the answers to future food security may be found in the wild relatives of our domesticated food crops and highlights the urgent need to "go wild" and conserve...
6 Apr 2016
6 Apr 2016
‘Faraway’ Conflicts Hit Closer to Home Than You Think (Like in Your Larder)
A new study has shown that over 70 percent of the wild relatives of our domesticated food crops are under-represented in genebanks.
The study, “Global Conservation Priorities for Crop Wild Relatives“, published in Nature Plants,...
22 Mar 2016
22 Mar 2016
Syrian War Causes The Global Doomsday Seed Vault's First Withdrawal
The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) has requested the backup seed that they deposited in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault to restart their collection away from the horrors of the Syrian Civil...
23 Sep 2015
23 Sep 2015