The worlds seed bank.

[legendaryone]

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

[legendaryone]

[jennym]

What a sensible idea. Thanks for posting that link.

[flossie]

Thanks for link

[kitten]

Interesting, thanks

[Robert_Brenchley]

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!

[cambourne7]

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....

[legendaryone]

I imagine the seed will be replenshed as and when they need to.

[okra]

Its all a bit Orwellian and frightening to me

[Deb P]

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

[saddad]

We could probably set up a LLAA seed bank on our own Deb!
;D

[cambourne7]

We could probably set up a LLAA seed bank on our own Deb!
;D

you voluntering to organise saddad??

[Si]

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 ::)