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Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Svalbard globale frøhvelv
Svalbard Global Seed Vault is located in Svalbard
Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Location within Norway
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeSeed bank
LocationSpitsbergen
Town or cityLongyearbyen
CountryNorway
Coordinates78°14′09″N 15°29′29″E / 78.23583°N 15.49139°E / 78.23583; 15.49139
Elevation130 m (430 ft)
Groundbreaking19 June 2006[1]
Opened26 February 2008[2]
Cost45 million kr[3]
(US$8.8 million, 2008)
OwnerNorway’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food [[1]]
Technical details
Floor count1
Floor areac. 1,000 m2
(c. 11,000 sq ft)[4]
Design and construction
Architect(s)Peter W. Søderman
Awards and prizesNorwegian Lighting Prize for 2009
No. 6 TIME's Best Inventions of 2008
Website
Official website

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Norwegian: Svalbard globale frøhvelv) is a secure backup facility for the world's crop diversity on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen in the remote Arctic Svalbard archipelago.[5] The Seed Vault provides long-term storage for duplicates of seeds from around the world, conserved in gene banks. This provides security of the world's food supply against the loss of seeds in genebanks due to mismanagement, accident, equipment failures, funding cuts, war, sabotage, disease, and natural disasters. The Seed Vault is managed under terms spelled out in a tripartite agreement among the Norwegian government, the Crop Trust, and the Nordic Genetic Resource Center (NordGen).[6][7]

The Norwegian government entirely funded the Seed Vault's approximately 45 million kr (US$8.8 million in 2008) construction cost.[3] Norway and the Crop Trust pay for operational costs. Storing seeds in the vault is free to depositors. The vault has been depicted in several films and other art forms, including Marcus Paus’ children's opera Children of Ginko.

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  7. ^ "Svalbard Global Seed Vault". NordGen. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

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