Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Svalbard globale frøhvelv
	Location within Norway
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Seed bank
Location	Spitsbergen
Town or city	Longyearbyen
Country	Norway
Coordinates	78°14′09″N 15°29′29″E / 78.23583°N 15.49139°E
Elevation	130 m (430 ft)
Groundbreaking	19 June 2006
Opened	26 February 2008
Cost	45 million kr; (US$8.8 million, 2008)
Technical details
Floor count	1
Floor area	c. 1,000 m2; (c. 11,000 sq ft)
Awards and prizes	Norwegian 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 of duplicates of seeds conserved in genebanks around the world. 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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Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Svalbard globale frøhvelv


Location within Norway
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Seed bank
Location	Spitsbergen
Town or city	Longyearbyen
Country	Norway
Coordinates	78°14′09″N 15°29′29″E / 78.23583°N 15.49139°E / 78.23583; 15.49139
Elevation	130 m (430 ft)
Groundbreaking	19 June 2006^[1]
Opened	26 February 2008^[2]
Cost	45 million kr^[3] (US$8.8 million, 2008)
Technical details
Floor count	1
Floor area	c. 1,000 m² (c. 11,000 sq ft)^[4]
Awards and prizes	Norwegian Lighting Prize for 2009 No. 6 TIME's Best Inventions of 2008
Website
Official website