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Title: The worlds seed bank.
Post by: legendaryone 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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Post by: jennym on February 09, 2007, 22:23:03

What a sensible idea. Thanks for posting that link.

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Post by: flossie on February 09, 2007, 22:24:55

Thanks for link

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Post by: kitten on February 09, 2007, 22:43:53

Interesting, thanks

Title: Re: The worlds seed bank.
Post by: Robert_Brenchley 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!

Title: Re: The worlds seed bank.
Post by: cambourne7 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....

Title: Re: The worlds seed bank.
Post by: legendaryone on February 10, 2007, 07:45:57

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

Title: Re: The worlds seed bank.
Post by: okra on February 10, 2007, 09:23:57

Its all a bit Orwellian and frightening to me

Title: Re: The worlds seed bank.
Post by: Deb P 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

Title: Re: The worlds seed bank.
Post by: saddad on February 10, 2007, 17:14:36

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

Title: Re: The worlds seed bank.
Post by: cambourne7 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??

Title: Re: The worlds seed bank.
Post by: Si 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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