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December 13, 2023


Certified e-learning course on Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture


June 8, 2023


Securing the foundation of our food supply at -18° celsius - Svalbard Global Seed Vault welcomes 40,507 new seed samples from nine genebank depositors


December 12, 2022


Yemen genebank receives emergency funding


September 21, 2022


Lebanese research preserves heat-adapted seeds to feed a warming world (Mongabay)


July 25, 2022


Iran - Le Chef de l'Institut de Recherche sur les semis et la sélection des semences annonce : Conservation de 70 000 échantillons génétiques dans la Banque nationale de gènes végétaux d'Iran


October 19, 2021


A Syrian seed bank’s fight to survive (The New Yorker)


June 3, 2021


Over 30,000 seed samples from seven genebanks secured in Svalbard Global Seed Vault


April 2, 2021


International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture releases updated list of passprot descriptors for crop wild relatives conserved in situ


November 26, 2020


Protecting plants, protecting people: CGIAR germplasm health units launch phytosanitary seminar series as part of International Year of Plant Health


November 13, 2020


An international rescue mission from Syria to Svalbard


August 24, 2020


Agreement signed to establish national seed bank in Jordan (Salaam Gateway)


July 10, 2020


Expanding and Improving Genesys, the online portal for information on genebank samples


May 26, 2020


Pandemics aren’t limited to people: How the world’s most famous seed vault defends plants against their next big outbreak (The  Counter)


May 22, 2020


Big, dynamic, and complicated: celebrating International Day for Biological Diversity


May 18, 2020


The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the Global Seed Vault
Il Trattato Internazionale e il Deposito Globale di Semi delle Isole Svalbard


March 30, 2020


La Universidad de Haifa envía la mayor colección de muestras de semillas de trigo y cebada silvestres de Israel a una congelación profunda (Itón Gadol)


March 24, 2020


‘Tip of the Iceberg’ by Stefan Schmitz, Crop Trust Executive Director


March 20, 2020


Co-chairs of the UN Secretary-General’s Group of Advocates for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) hold Seed Summit linking food security with seed diversity


March 18, 2020


Largest seed deposit in a decade at Svalbard Global Seed Vault celebrates diversity (Food Tank)


February 25, 2020


Major seed deposit at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Longyearbyen - Svalbard vault to receive seeds from 36 organizations as climate change and biodiversity loss threaten global food supplies


February 24, 2020


World’s food systems rely on biodiversity - FAO Director-General urges “robust” outcome from Convention on Biological Diversity negotiations


December 13, 2019


The wild relatives of major vegetables, needed for climate resilience, are in danger - The wild relatives of chile peppers, pumpkins, carrots, and lettuce join a growing list of poorly conserved plant species; these ancient plants have genes that may help our food withstand the harsh climate of our future; if they don't go extinct first


December 3, 2019


Wild plants from four continents deliver climate change lifeline for xrops - Nearly 5,000 seed samples of crop wild relatives saved in challenging, six-year effort to secure the future of food


November 14, 2019


New tool to help local crop varieties flourish - FAO publishes Voluntary Guidelines for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Farmers Varieties/Landraces


November 11, 2019


Global treaty critical for saving disappearing plants amid climate change - FAO calls for greater support for plant genepool and the Fund which support millions of farmers around the world


ICARDA, the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas, sends accessions to the Global Seed Vault in Svalbard, Norway


November 8, 2019


The Plant Treaty: Q&A with Crop Trust Director of Science, Luigi Guarino


September 13, 2019


Can the gene editing technology known as CRISPR help reduce biodiversity loss worldwide? Though scientists are optimistic that CRISPR could help, they also emphasize caution and community engagement in order to get it right (Ensia)


Back from the brink of extinction - Visiting scientist Roi Ben-David discusses Israel’s exotic germplasm gap and ongoing efforts to restore the country’s lost wheat landrace collections.


August 20, 2019


Le patrimoine génétique agricole syrien a été sauvé de la guerre - La banque de semences a été sauvegardée dans l’archipel arctique du Svalbard, et son centre de recherche délocalisé au Liban et au Maroc (Le Monde)


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