The Global Crop Diversity Trust

Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Svalbard Image Gallery

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USEFUL DOCUMENTS

Report: "The Svalbard Global Seed Vault: Securing the Future of Global Agriculture" from the Global Crop Diversity Trust [English]

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ILLUSTRATIONS
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Svalbard Global Seed Vault Graphics

SGSV Infographic (1.6MB)	Vault (2MB)	Opening day seed depositors (2.3MB)
Credit: Global Crop Diversity Trust

VIDEO
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Seed vault b-roll Quicktime PAL. DV Resolution 720x480 (1024x576) 25 FPS. Contact to request tape. [credit: Mari Tefre/Global Crop Diversity Trust]
1. Part I: Construction of seed vault and stock shots of Svalbard (TRT 4:27, 936 MB - warning large file)
2. Part II: Interview with Cary Fowler (TRT 3:26, 720 MB - warning large file)
3. Part III: Interview with Wangari Maathai (TRT 2:15, 475 MB - warning large file)
Video/Photos and Agenda from opening ceremony. To access download, email for password. [credit: Dinamo Story]
1. Video from opening ceremony for DOWNLOAD
2. Video from opening ceremony for VIEWING
3. Media agenda for opening ceremony

IMAGE BANK
These photos are provided free of charge provided photo credit information is included. Also, more images of the vault and Svalbard are available under the section below "More Svalbard Images"

Images of global crop diversity

Cowpea, or black-eyed pea. Credit: IITA	Credit: Bioversity	Credit: Bioversity

Carrots. Credit: D. Cavagnaro	Wheat. Credit: Global Crop Diversity Trust	Chickpeas and lentils. Credit: ICRISAT
Images of genebanks around the world

Working with chickpeas in Syria. Credit: ICARDA	Genebank shelves in Syria. Credit: ICARDA	Sealing seeds inside packets in Peru for Svalbard. Credit: CIP

Packing seeds in Nigeria for Svalbard. Credit: IITA	Loading seeds in Philippines for Svalbard. Credit: IRRI.
The seed vault under construction

Svalbard and SGSV. Credit: Mari Tefre/Global Crop Diversity Trust	Credit: Mari Tefre/Global Crop Diversity Trust	Credit: Cary Fowler/Global Crop Diversity Trust
The finished seed vault

Credit: Mari Tefre/Global Crop Diversity Trust	Credit: Mari Tefre/Global Crop Diversity Trust	Snow and wind. Credit: Mari Tefre/Global Crop Diversity Trust

Steel-pipe tunnel leading to vault. Credit: Mari Tefre/Global Crop Diversity Trust	Tunnel lit for opening ceremony, facing entrance. Credit: Mari Tefre/Global Crop Diversity Trust	Empty shelving inside vault. Credit: Mari Tefre/Global Crop Diversity Trust
Cary Fowler at Seed Vault

Cary Fowler inside vault. Credit: Kalle Koponen/HS	Cary Fowler at scientific forum in Longyearbyen, 25 Feb 2008. Credit: Mari Tefre/Global Crop Diversity Trust	Cary Fowler at opening ceremony, 26 Feb 2008. Credit: Mari Tefre/Global Crop Diversity Trust