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Thursday, 1 January 2009

Seed Vaults

Previously I have mentioned the amazing seed vault in Norway, that seemingly offers plants a better chance of surviving a cataclysm than humans have.

Other places to find species kept safe include:

Native Seeds - 2000 plant varieties in Tucson, USA.

Ambrose Monell Cryo Collection - houses a million frozen tissue samples representing the DNA of a wide range of animal species. Located in New York City.

Millennium Seed Bank Project - large underground frozen vaults in West Sussex, UK, preserving the world's largest collection of seeds. Now has over 1 billion seeds stored. Aiming to cover 24,000 species of plants, approximately 10% of all existing dry land flora.

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