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legendaryone

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The worlds seed bank.
« on: February 09, 2007, 19:41:51 »
I thought you might like to read about a new seed bank being built.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6335899.stm
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jennym

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Re: The worlds seed bank.
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2007, 22:23:03 »
What a sensible idea. Thanks for posting that link.
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Re: The worlds seed bank.
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2007, 22:24:55 »
Thanks for link
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Re: The worlds seed bank.
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2007, 22:43:53 »
Interesting, thanks
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Re: The worlds seed bank.
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2007, 00:13:05 »
Seed doesn't last forever, even in a seedbank; it needs to be grown eventually, and new seed harvested for storage. Who'se going to be dealing with that I wonder, and where are they going to be grown? Svalbard certainly won't be suitable for growing very much!
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Re: The worlds seed bank.
« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2007, 00:35:02 »
agree, following out last cold weather holiday we wanted to go to Svalbard this year if we can afford it and i would love to visit this place - just a shame theres not a visitor centre or something like that....
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legendaryone

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Re: The worlds seed bank.
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2007, 07:45:57 »
I imagine the seed will be replenshed as and when they need to.
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Re: The worlds seed bank.
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2007, 09:23:57 »
Its all a bit Orwellian and frightening to me
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Re: The worlds seed bank.
« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2007, 15:09:44 »
Holding 3 million seed samples actually doesn't seem that much to me.... ???

Not when you think how many different seeds A4A members have got between us !! ;D
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Re: The worlds seed bank.
« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2007, 17:14:36 »
We could probably set up a LLAA seed bank on our own Deb!
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Re: The worlds seed bank.
« Reply #10 on: February 14, 2007, 21:20:07 »
Quote from: saddad on February 10, 2007, 17:14:36
We could probably set up a LLAA seed bank on our own Deb!
 ;D

you voluntering to organise saddad??
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Re: The worlds seed bank.
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2007, 03:55:50 »
Odd location... Assuming an asteroid does strike, super-volcanoe erupts or we are plunged into nuclear winter... That part of Norway will be deeply covered in ice, due to dust blocking out the sunlight ::)
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