Dec 20, 2023 · Seed banks are a type of genebank that stores seeds from a variety of different crops and trees. Their main purpose is to conserve the world’s genetic resources and their extraordinary diversity for use by scientists, plant breeders and farmers around the globe. For example, plant breeders can use that gene stock to develop new crop varieties that are more …

Dec 22, 2023 · The Svalbard Global Seed Vault serves as a backup for the world’s crop diversity. Here’s why it’s so crucial to our food security.

Aug 28, 2023 · This episode is now available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music. Genebanks hold the foundations of our food supply, offering insurance against the growing pressures of the climate crisis and other threats to crops worldwide. These seed repositories mitigate the risk of a food crisis in the future by ensuring a healthy, stable and diverse variety …

Dec 21, 2023 · This is the second article in a three-part series produced in partnership with the Crop Trust exploring how seed banks are protecting the world’s food future. Read the rest of the series to learn how seed banks work and the unique role of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

Jun 7, 2023 · The Bukidnon Seed Stewards Project is a flagship project of the Salumayag Youth Collective for Forests, an Indigenous youth and women-led initiative that works with upland communities to steward their ancestral lands through regenerative practices and narratives and future-proof their food security through seed banking.

Aug 28, 2023 · We rely heavily on nature to curb the impacts of the climate crisis. Carbon sinks like the Amazon rainforest, which stored 56.8 billion metric tons of carbon in 2022, help towards the 1.5-degree target and support the nationally determined contributions (NDCs) of the countries that house them, for better or worse. But what would happen if these systems started to …

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May 2, 2019 · We cannot talk about traditional knowledge without talking about the right to land, territories and resources – for us, it is ecosystem-based and language-based – they are linked to each other, environmental activist Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim told Landscape News. Ibrahim, a member of the pastoralist Mbororo community in Chad, also represents the Indigenous …

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Oct 19, 2020 · This article was made possible by the Crop Trust, an international organization working to support crop conservation in genebanks, forever. Through investment income generated by its endowment fund, it provides key financial support to international, regional and national genebanks, and the world’s backup facility, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.