The Svalbard Global Seed Vault

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault Photographer Caroline Poiron tracks embryos of plant life from their origin on a farm in Hyderabad, India to the
Caroline Poiron / Light Mediation

Arrival
Built by the Norwegian government and operated by the Global Crop Diversity Trust, the vault is designed to store 100 million seeds, from over 100 countries.

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