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Scientists from Syria saved over 140,000 types of seed from war. Seeds are intended to help preserve genetic diversity in the future and defy climate change. [Online until: 22.10.2018]
When Ali Shehadeh and his life’s work - a seed bank comprising over 140,000 varieties - came under threat during the war in Syria, he was determined to save the collection. As the bombardment of Aleppo intensified, the scientist and his colleagues sent the seeds to Norway - to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on the island of Spitsbergen. The seed bank containing over 140,000 varieties from the Fertile Crescent region was assembled by the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). In addition to its importance as a repository of biodiversity, the bank also provides a vital safeguard against future climate change. It is currently being kept safe in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway. A so-called doomsday vault, which was opened on the ice-covered island of Spitsbergen in 2008 to secure the genetic diversity of the Earth’s crop seeds - as a failsafe for future emergencies. The scientists from Syria have since replanted some of the seeds in Lebanon and Morocco in order to replenish their supplies - and preserve crop diversity for when peace returns to Syria.
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When Ali Shehadeh and his life’s work - a seed bank comprising over 140,000 varieties - came under threat during the war in Syria, he was determined to save the collection. As the bombardment of Aleppo intensified, the scientist and his colleagues sent the seeds to Norway - to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on the island of Spitsbergen. The seed bank containing over 140,000 varieties from the Fertile Crescent region was assembled by the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). In addition to its importance as a repository of biodiversity, the bank also provides a vital safeguard against future climate change. It is currently being kept safe in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway. A so-called doomsday vault, which was opened on the ice-covered island of Spitsbergen in 2008 to secure the genetic diversity of the Earth’s crop seeds - as a failsafe for future emergencies. The scientists from Syria have since replanted some of the seeds in Lebanon and Morocco in order to replenish their supplies - and preserve crop diversity for when peace returns to Syria.
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