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| Svalbard Global Seed Vault |
Artist Dornith Doherty has some great photographs of seed vaults she has been taking since 2008. The photos are both beautiful and haunting.
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| Nordic Genetic Resource Center Seed Vials |
The purpose of these seedbanks is to reserve seeds in case of their destruction or extinction elsewhere in the world. They have been very important in protecting nature's biodiversity in a world of monoculturism.
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| Mountain Laural Seeds |
Check out the photographs
here at Doherty's site. And read more about different vaults like
Svalbard Global Seed Vault and
Nikolai Vavilov, a Russian geneticist, botanist and forward thinking man. The seedbank he created, now known as
Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry, survived the 28-month siege of Leningrad because of several selfless botanists that were willing to sacrifice their lives to protect the collection.
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