Recent Articles
A selection of recent media coverage featuring the Trust.
Kenradio - 7 May 2008
World Tech round up - Seoul Digital Forum 6-8 May 2008, South Korea
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Financial Times - 26 April 2008
In Case Of Emergency, Break Ice
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The Japan Times - 13 April 2008
Art and life in a grain of rice
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Nature - 27 March 2008
Frozen Futures
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Commercial Appeal - 23 March 2008
Ex-Memphian makes deposits in a remote vault toward the future of crop diversity
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Science Radio News Feature of the AAAS
Science Update - 21 March 2008
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New Scientist - 15 March 2008
Commentary: Work together, save the planet
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The Japan Times - 11 March 2008
A frozen Garden of Eden
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The Colombus Dispatch - 11 March 2008
Seed banks protect crops from growing list of threats
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Arte TV - France - February 2008
Une arche dans le Grand Nord
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NPR - Science Friday - 7 March 2008
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Deutsche Welle Radio
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Washington Post - 6 March 2008
Preserving Precious Seeds, in Norway and Your Way
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El Pais - Spain - 3 March 2008
La caja fuerte del planeta
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The Independent - 2 March 2008
Business View: The world wheat crisis and a Noah's Ark of seeds
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Des Moines Register - 2 March 2008
Iowa seeds stockpiled deep inside mountain
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New York Times - 29 February 2008
Near Arctic, Seed Vault Is a Fort Knox of Food
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Die Zeit - 28 February 2008
Samentresor im Eis
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International Herald Tribune - 28 February 2008
In Norway, Global Seed Vault guards genetic resources
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SciDev - UK - 28 February 2008
Global seed vault opens in Norway
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El Pais - 27 February 2008
Un silo guarda 100 millones de muestras de plantas en el Ártico
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Philippine Headline News
Arctic Garden of Eden
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Environment Times - UK
Arctic vault opens to store diversity of world's agricultural seeds
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Tages Anzeiger - Switzerland - 29 February 2008
Weltgrösste Saatgutbank im Permafrost
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Il Sole 24 Ore - Italy - 28 February 2008
È nata la banca mondiale delle sementi
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Ottawa Citizen - Canada - 28 February 2008
The world gone to seed
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Hurriyet - Turkey - 28 February 2008
Kıyamet günü ambarı hazır
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El Pais - 27 February 2008
Un silo guarda 100 millones de muestras de plantas en el Ártico
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Conde Nast Portfolio - 27 February 2008
Stocking the Seed Bank
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La Jornada - Mexico - 27 February 2008
Zoológico para semillas del mundo
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Agencia EFE Spain - 27 February 2008
Brasil quiere trasladar semillas al Banco Global para preservar las especies
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Australian Associated Press - 27 February 2008
Vault 'crucial' to Aussie grain industry
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ScientificAmerican.com - 26 February 2008
Seeds of Future Agriculture Enter Doomsday Deep Freeze
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Les Echos - France - 28 February 2008
100 millions de graines dans un écrin polaire
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USA Today - 27 February 2008
'Noah's Ark' of seeds opens in Norway
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National Public Radio - US
'Doomsday' Seed Vault Opens
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Online NewsHour
Arctic Seed Vault
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Agence France-Presse—English - 27 February 2008
'Frozen garden of Eden' seed vault blooms in Arctic
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Berlingske - 27 February 2008
Frøbank på Svalbard indvies
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El Mundo - Spain - 27 February 2008
Noruega inaugura en el Ártico la mayor reserva de semillas del mundo
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The Guardian - UK - 26 February 2008
Svalbard's giant cold store
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The Guardian - UK - 26 February 2008
'We're losing crop diversity' - Cary Fowler on the global seed vault in Norway
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Washington Post - 26 February 2008
Doomsday Vault
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New York Times - 26 February 2008
Buried Seed Vault Opens in Arctic
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BBC News - 26 February 2008
'Doomsday' vault opens its doors
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BBC News - 26 February 2008
Life in the cold store - The big day
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Reuters - 26 February 2008
Arctic “doomsday vault” for seeds opens — except GMOs
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Reuters—Spanish - 26 February 2008
Noruega inaugura el "Arca de Noé" para proteger las semillas
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Nature - 26 February 2008
'Doomsday vault' opens for business
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L'Express - France - 26 February 2008
Le monde végétal conservé en Arctique
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El Economista Online -Spain - 26 February 2008
La diversidad vegetal es un "seguro de vida" para la Humanidad
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Al Jazeera - 26 February 2008
Norway opens 'Doomsday' seed vault
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Canadian Press - 26 February 2008
Doomsday vault tunnelled into Arctic mountain to protect world's seeds
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La Voie Agricole -Canada - 26 February 2008
Une réserve à toute épreuve pour la génétique agricole
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Norway Post - 26 February 2008
Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened
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The Globe & Mail - Canada - 26 February 2008
A doomsday vault opens doors for 100 million seeds
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Reuters - 26 February 2008
Norway opens Arctic Noah's ark to protect seeds
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Reuters - 26 February 2008
Protecting seeds from global crises
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Radio Netherlands - 26 February 2008
Seeds kept for posterity in Spitsbergen
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Folha de São Paulo - Brazil - 26 February 2008
Noruega inaugura "cofre" global de sementes no Ártico
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Independent Television Network (UK) - 26 February 2008
'Doomsday' seed bank opened
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El Pais - 26 February 2008
Noruega construye un banco de semillas capaz de resistir terremotos y ataques nucleares
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Diario Montañes - Spain - 26 February 2008
El arca de Noé de las semillas
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Associated Press - 26 February 2008
'Doomsday' seed vault opens in Arctic
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Développement durable le journal - 26 February 2008
Norvège : Une banque de glace ouvre ses portes aux plantes
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Reuters - Portuguese - 26 February 2008
Noruega inaugura 'arca de Noé' para preservar sementes
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Agencia EFE - Spain - 26 February 2008
Inauguran el "Arca de Noé" en el Ártico con un depósito de 100 millones de semillas
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Sky News - UK - 26 February 2008
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CNN - 26 February 2008
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Aftenposten - Norway - 26 February 2008
En frossen Edens Hage
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Independent - Ireland - 26 February 2008
Norway's 'Doomsday Vault' holds seeds of survival
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Globe & Mail - Canada - 26 February 2008
Doomsday seed vault in the permafrost
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ABC - Spain - 26 February 2008
Hoy abren el arca de Noé de las semillas
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Mail & Guardian - South Africa - 26 February 2008
Fort Knox for seeds aims to preserve world's crops
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BBC - Brasil - 26 February 2008
Noruega inaugura 'cofre do fim do mundo' para proteger sementes
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Nationen - Norway - 26 February 2008
Gigantfrølager åpner tirsdag
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Nordlys - Norway - 26 February 2008
«Noas Ark» på Svalbard
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NTB - Norway - 26 February 2008
FAKTA: Svalbard Globale Frølager
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Yahoo News - France - 26 February 2008
Inauguration d'une "Arche de Noé" arctique pour les végétaux du monde entier
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Notimex -Mexico - 26 February 2008
Crean dentro de una montaña en Noruega depósito mundial de semillas
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Mundo Hispanico - 26 February 2008
Inauguran cámara para proteger semillas en el Artico
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Volkskrant - Netherlands - 26 February 2008
Opslag met miljarden zaden, voor tijden van oorlog
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Seattle Times - 26 February 2008
'Doomsday' Seed Vault Opens in Arctic
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CBS News - 26 February 2008
"Doomsday" Seed Vault Opens In Norway
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News24 - South Africa - 26 February 2008
'Doomsday vault' ready to open
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The Guardian - UK - 26 February 2008
In praise of ... Svalbard
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The Times - UK - 26 February 2008
'Doomsday' vault to preserve seeds under Arctic ice
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Financial Times - UK - 26 February 2008
Arctic vault to safeguard world’s seeds
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The Scotsman - 26 February 2008
Future of the world placed on ice
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Commodity Online -Australia - 26 February 2008
World seed bank gets Aussie support
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Blic - Serbia - 26 February 2008
„Trezor sudnjeg dana“ počinje s radom
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The Sun - UK - 26 February 2008
Seed the world: Disaster vault
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CBC'S The Current Radio -Canada - 25 February 2008
The Current: Part 2 - Seed Bank
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Fremover - Norway - 25 February 2008
Noahs Bank på Svalbard
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ABC News - 25 February 2008
Inside a 'Living Fort Knox,' Built to Protect Plant Seeds
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Once Noticias (Mexico)- 25 February 2008
Inauguran este martes el Banco Global de Semillas
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National Geographic - 25 February 2008
Seed-Protecting "Doomsday" Vault Opens
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BBC Radio 4 - 25 February 2008
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Eu Observer - 25 February 2008
Barroso to open 'Noah's Ark' for seeds
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High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal - US - 25 February 2008
ARS contributes seeds to Global Storage Vault in Norway
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Daily Mail - UK - 25 February 2008
Norway's 'Doomsday Vault' holding seeds of survival in case of disaster is buried in Arctic
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Adressa - Norway - 25 February 2008
«Noas Ark» åpnes på Svalbard
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The Independent - 25 February 2008
Norway's 'Doomsday Vault' holds seeds of survival
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France2 TV - 25 February 2008
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CNN - 25 February 2008
'Doomsday' seed vault to open in Norway
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Kenyan Broadcasting Corporation - 25 February 2008
Maathai to attend opening of seed vault
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The Herald - Scotland - 25 February 2008
Doomsday vault opens in bid to preserve seeds
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Commercial Appeal.com - Memphis(US) - 25 February 2008
Memphis native to help store food crop varieties in Norway
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Adnkronos - Italy - 25 February 2008
Norvegia: domani nell'Artico si inaugura l'Arca di tutti i semi del mondo
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Agence France-Presse - 25 February 2008
Le Svalbard frappé par le plus fort séisme de l'histoire de Norvège
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Philippines Inquirer Online - 25 February 2008
Biodiversity 'doomsday vault' comes to life in Arctic
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Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)- 25 February 2008
Frozen vault to keep seeds safe for the future
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Agence France-Presse–English - 25 February 2008
Biodiversity 'doomsday vault' comes to life in Arctic
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International Herald Tribune - 25 February 2008
Doomsday vault tunneled into Arctic mountain set to open to protect world's seeds
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The Hindu - India - 25 February 2008
ICRISAT's germplasm to strengthen collection at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
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BBC News - 25 February 2008
Life in the cold store
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Daily Telegraph - 16 February 2008
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: ark of the Arctic
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IRIN News - 8 February 2008
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Thirty percent less maize by 2030
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Business Day - South Africa - 5 February 2008
Arctic gene bank to keep seeds safe
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The East African - Nairobi - 5 February 2008
Arctic vault to hold 7,000 seed samples for future
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Time Magazine - 31 January 2008
The Farmers' Bank
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BBC News - 31 January 2008
'Doomsday' seeds arrive in Norway
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Daily Telegraph - UK - 28 January 2008
Noah's Ark for plants to store world's seeds
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Hindustan Times - India - 24 January 2008
Hyderabad seeds head for doomsday vault
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Terra España - 23 January 2008
México envía semillas de maíz y trigo a reserva en el Artico
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El Financiero - 22 January 2008
Envía México maíz y trigo al Ártico
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La Jornada- 23 January 2008 Preservarán semillas mexicanas en una bóveda noruega
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Radio Programas del Perú (RPP)- 23 January 2008
Papas y camotes serán guardados en bóveda del Ártico
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La Prensa - 23 January 2008
Empezarán a llenar “arca” para proteger semillas
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Planen Azul - 23 January 2008
Miles De Variedades De Cultivos De Los Cuatro Rincones Del Mundo Parten Para Una Bóveda De Semillas En El Ártico
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L'Express - 22 January 2008
Le monde végétal conservé en Arctique
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El Mundo - 29 December 2007
El refugio de las semillas
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National Geographic - 27 December 2007
"Doomsday" Vault Will End Crop Extinction, Expert Says
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Clarin - 2 December 2007
Está lista el Arca de Noé vegetal y tendrá semillas argentinas
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Wisconsin Public Radio - 29 November 2007
The Seed Bank
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Le Monde - 24 November 2007
Un réfrigérateur géant pour sauver les semences du monde
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Chicago Tribune - 21 November 2007
Svalbard's Message
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Washington Post - 19 November 2007
Facing a Threat to Farming and Food Supply
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Welt Online - 19 November 2007
Unterm Nordpol lagern Samen für die Ewigkeit
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Chicago Tribune - 18 November 2007
'Noah's Ark' for seeds plants itself in Arctic
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DR Nyheder Online (Denmark) - 17 November 2007
Dybfrosne frø sikres mod Dommedag
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The Times of India - 17 November 2007
Cooling starts for doomsday vault
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BBC - 16 November 2007
Doomsday vault begins deep freeze
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Associated Press - 16 November 2007
Cooling to Begin at Arctic Seed Bank
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The Guardian - 16 November 2007
Cooling to Begin at Arctic Seed Bank
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Agencia EFE (Spain)- 16 November 2007
El depósito mundial de semillas comienza su fase de enfriamiento
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Shanghai Daily - 16 November 2007
Seed vault closer to fruition in Norway
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NRK.no (Norway) - 16 November 2007
Her sikres fremtiden
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India News - 16 November 2007
Cooling of unique arctic biodiversity vault begins
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Star Gazete - Turkey - 16 November 2007
Kýyamet Günü Sýðýnaðý çalýþmaya baþlýyor
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ABC News - 15 November 2007
Cooling down process starts for world's doomsday seed bank on remote Arctic island
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International Herald Tribune - 15 November 2007
Cooling down process starts for world's doomsday seed bank on remote Arctic island
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Washington Post - 15 November 2007
Cooling Begins for Doomsday Seed Bank
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CBS News - 15 November 2007
Cooling Begins For Doomsday Seed Bank
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Los Angeles Times - 15 November 2007
Cooling Begins for Doomsday Seed Bank
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The Guardian - 15 November 2007
A meeting of minds tackles the big global issues
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Futura - Sciences (France) - 15 November 2007
Au Spitzberg, un réfrigérateur géant pour les semences du monde
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Yahoo News - 15 November 2007
Cooling to begin at Arctic seed bank
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Apcom (Italy) - 15 November 2007
NORVEGIA/ INIZIATO RAFFREDDAMENTO DELLA BANCA DEI SEMI
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The Observer - 11 November 2007
Frozen vault saves crops for mankind
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The Baltimore Sun - 10 November 2007
Diversity sleeps, sprouts
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BBC News - 7 November 2007
Sowing the seeds of uncertainty
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Seti Institute Science Radio - 22 October 2007
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The Christian Science Monitor - 22 October 2007
Thinkers gather to act on world problems
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Los Angeles Times- 12 October 2007
The seed bank atop the world
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Condé Nast Portfolio - November Issue 2007
Seeds of Our Future
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New York Times - 20 September 2007
Arctic Vault Takes Shape For World Food Crops
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Scientific American.com - 20 September 2007
Arctic vault takes shape for world food crops
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China Post - 21 September 2007
Arctic to safeguard world's crop seeds in case of disaster
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The Globe and Mail - Canada - 20 September 2007
Seeds saved in Norway's doomsday vault
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ABC News - 20 September 2007
Arctic vault takes shape for world food crops
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Gulf News - 21 September 2007
Arctic vault takes shape for world food crops
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Zee News Online (India) - 20 September
Arctic mountain to act as vault for crop seeds
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Yahoo! News - 20 September 2007
Arctic vault takes shape for world food crops
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Scotsman online- 20 September 2007
Arctic vault takes shape for world food crops
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Planet Ark - Australia - 21 September 2007
Arctic Vault Takes Shape for World Food Crops
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Environmental News Network - 20 September 2007
Arctic vault takes shape for world food crops
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Reuters - 20 September 2007
Arctic vault takes shape for world food crops
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Jim Lehrer News Hour Clip - Aired 13 September 2007
Norwegian Arctic Islands Hold Biodiversity Bank
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Svenska Dagbladet - 10 September 2007
Världens fröer lagras på Svalbard
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Helsingin Sanomat - 4 September 2007
Seeds Find Safety in an Arctic Cave
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The Western Australian - 31 August 2007
Noah’s Ark of seeds in Arctic vault
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The Sydney Morning Herald - 31 August 2007
Noah's Ark of seeds in Arctic vault
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Channel 4 News - UK - 31 August 2007
Arctic seeds of future renewal
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Stern - Germany - 31 August 2007
Artenvielfalt Der Samen-Bunker
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Cyberpresse - Canada - 30 August 2007
Une «Arche de Noé» verte prend forme dans l'Arctique
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Época - Brazil - 13 August 2007
A arca de Noé das plantas
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ScienceLine - 20 June 2007
Seeds On Lockdown
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Libération - 5 June 2007
L'arche de la dernière chance végétale
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WIRED Magazine - June 2007
In the Event of Global Disaster, the Ultimate Crop Backup System
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SciDev.net - 22 May 2007
Global genebanks need funds
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Western Farm Press - 15 May 2007
Protecting crop diversity in the face of disaster
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Voice of America - 30 April 2007
Seed Collection Effort Aims to Safeguard 21 Food Crops
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le Nouvel Observateur - 23 April 2007
Effort sans précédent pour sauver la diversité des cultures
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The Agenda with Steve Paikin - TV Ontario 24 April 2007
Watch the interview with Cary Fowler
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Nature - 20 April 2007
Money given to save genetics of food
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New Scientist - 19 April 2007
Downtrodden staple crops given new homes
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Science Now - 19 April 2007
Fresh Water for Seed Banks
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International Herald Tribune - 19 April 2007
$37.5 million pledged to preserve rare crop varieties
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New York Times - 19 April 2007
Global Effort to Save Endangered Crops Gets $37.5 Million Infusion
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El Mundo - 19 April 2007
37 millones de dólares para recuperar la biodiversidad agrícola
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 19 April 2007
'Doomsday vault' near North Pole will keep species safe from war, disaster
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy - 19 April 2007
Gates Gives $30-Million to Preserve World's Crops
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Svalbard Posten - Norway - 19 April 2007
Bill Gates sponser frølageret
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E24 - Norway - 19 April 2007
Gates investerer på Svalbard
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Haugesunds Auis - Norway - 19 April 2007
Gates-penger til frølagring på Svalbard
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Spiegel - Germany - 19 April 2007
Gates finanziert Pflanzen-Arche-Noah
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Noticias24horas.com- 19 April 2007
ANTE AMENAZAS DEL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO PARA VARIEDADES NATURALES ACTUALES
Bill y Melinda Gates pagarán parte de la recolección de la información genética de los principales cultivos alimentarios del planeta
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Agencia EFE - 19 April 2007
La Fundación Gates donará 30 millones de dólares para proteger los cultivos
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Panorama - Italy - 19 April 2007
L’arca di Noè della biodiversità
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Reuters Africa - 18 April 2007
Third World crops get $37.5 mln gene storage bank
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Agence France Press- 18 April 2007
Gates grant to help poor countries contribute to doomsday seed vault
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Newsweek International - 16 April 2007
Untold Harvest
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The Scotsman.com - 14 April 2007
Storing the seeds of our salvation
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New Scientist - 17 March 2007
Sowing the seeds of survival
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KCRW’s “Good Food” program - 24 March 2007
Food Travels, Tortilla Art; Australian Bushfood - Arctic Seed Vault (10:34A)
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Radio Australia - 13 March 2007
PHILIPPINES: Rice body to secure genebank future
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Financial Express - India - 13 March 2007
IRRI fund to protect unique global rice varieties
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Los Angeles Times - 13 March 2007
Philippine Rice Institute Gets Funding
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BBC News - 12 March 2007
Deal gives rice diversity a boost
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The Gist - Smithsonianmag.com - 12 February 2007
Seeds Kept Safe in Arctic Circle Vault
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Torino Scienza - Italy - 19 March 2007
Uno scrigno di semi come tesoro dell'umanità
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Kansas.com - 12 March 2007
Philippine rice institute gets funding
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Reuters UK - 12 March 2007
Philippine rice institute gets funding boost
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Terra- Spain - 12 March 2007
Filipinas desarrollará el mayor fondo mundial de genes de arroz
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Business Week - 12 March 2007
Philippine rice institute gets funding
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Houston Chronicle - 12 March 2007
Philippine Rice Institute Gets Funding
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Forbes - 12 March 2007
Philippine Rice Institute Gets Funding
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Guardian -Uk - 12 March 2007
Philippine Rice Institute Gets Funding
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SciDevNet- 12 March 2007
'Indefinite funding' safeguards biodiversity of rice
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International Herald Tribune - 12 March 2007
Philippine research institute gets funding for world's largest rice gene bank
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San Luis Obispo- 12 March 2007
Philippine rice institute gets funding
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Reuters - 11 March 2007
Philippine rice institute gets funding boost
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Washington Post - 11 March 2007
Philippine rice institute gets funding boost
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Boston Globe - 11 March 2007
Philippine rice institute gets funding
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Seattle Post Intelligencer - 11 March 2007
Philippine rice institute gets funding
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UmweltDialog - 27 February 2007
Arche Noah im ewigen Eis
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Voice of America - 20 February 2007
Doomsday Seed Vault Provides Safety Net for Global Agriculture
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The Economist - 12 February 2007
Cold Storage
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Nature
Norway unveils design of 'doomsday' seed bank
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Berliner Morgenpost - 28 February 2007
Eine Arche Noah für drei Millionen Samen
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Welt Online - 25 February 2007
Ein Bunker für die "Quelle" der Menschheit
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Fona - Germany
Arche Noah im ewigen Eis
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Architecture Week - 14 February 2007
Svalbard · 2007.0209
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El Mundo - 12 February 2007
Presentan los planos del almacén subterráneo que albergará millones de semillas de plantas
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Forskning - Norway - 12 February 2007
Slik blir frølageret på Svalbard
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El Spectador - Colombia - 25 February 2007
El arca del cambio climático
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United Press International - Colombia
Detalles de un megaproyecto que busca soluciones frente al recalentamiento de la Tierra
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Discovery Channel - Canada - 12 February 2007
Norway to start building 'doomsday vault' next month
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OneWorld - Netherlands 12 February 2007
Ontwerp zadenkluis onthuld
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Berliner Umschau - 12 February 2007
Gewaltige Samenbank in Spitzbergen wird Wirklichkeit
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Il Mattino - 12 February 2007
Fort Knox nei ghiacci per i semi delle piante
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OE-24 - Austria - 11 February 2007
Kenradio - 7 May 2008
World Tech round up - Seoul Digital Forum 6-8 May 2008, South Korea
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Financial Times - 26 April 2008
In Case Of Emergency, Break Ice
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The Japan Times - 13 April 2008
Art and life in a grain of rice
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Nature - 27 March 2008
Frozen Futures
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Commercial Appeal - 23 March 2008
Ex-Memphian makes deposits in a remote vault toward the future of crop diversity
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Science Radio News Feature of the AAAS
Science Update - 21 March 2008
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New Scientist - 15 March 2008
Commentary: Work together, save the planet
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The Japan Times - 11 March 2008
A frozen Garden of Eden
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The Colombus Dispatch - 11 March 2008
Seed banks protect crops from growing list of threats
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Arte TV - France - February 2008
Une arche dans le Grand Nord
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NPR - Science Friday - 7 March 2008
Listen to interview here
Deutsche Welle Radio
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Washington Post - 6 March 2008
Preserving Precious Seeds, in Norway and Your Way
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El Pais - Spain - 3 March 2008
La caja fuerte del planeta
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The Independent - 2 March 2008
Business View: The world wheat crisis and a Noah's Ark of seeds
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Des Moines Register - 2 March 2008
Iowa seeds stockpiled deep inside mountain
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New York Times - 29 February 2008
Near Arctic, Seed Vault Is a Fort Knox of Food
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Die Zeit - 28 February 2008
Samentresor im Eis
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International Herald Tribune - 28 February 2008
In Norway, Global Seed Vault guards genetic resources
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SciDev - UK - 28 February 2008
Global seed vault opens in Norway
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El Pais - 27 February 2008
Un silo guarda 100 millones de muestras de plantas en el Ártico
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Philippine Headline News
Arctic Garden of Eden
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Environment Times - UK
Arctic vault opens to store diversity of world's agricultural seeds
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Tages Anzeiger - Switzerland - 29 February 2008
Weltgrösste Saatgutbank im Permafrost
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Il Sole 24 Ore - Italy - 28 February 2008
È nata la banca mondiale delle sementi
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Ottawa Citizen - Canada - 28 February 2008
The world gone to seed
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Hurriyet - Turkey - 28 February 2008
Kıyamet günü ambarı hazır
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El Pais - 27 February 2008
Un silo guarda 100 millones de muestras de plantas en el Ártico
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Conde Nast Portfolio - 27 February 2008
Stocking the Seed Bank
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La Jornada - Mexico - 27 February 2008
Zoológico para semillas del mundo
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Agencia EFE Spain - 27 February 2008
Brasil quiere trasladar semillas al Banco Global para preservar las especies
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Australian Associated Press - 27 February 2008
Vault 'crucial' to Aussie grain industry
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ScientificAmerican.com - 26 February 2008
Seeds of Future Agriculture Enter Doomsday Deep Freeze
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Les Echos - France - 28 February 2008
100 millions de graines dans un écrin polaire
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USA Today - 27 February 2008
'Noah's Ark' of seeds opens in Norway
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National Public Radio - US
'Doomsday' Seed Vault Opens
listen here
Online NewsHour
Arctic Seed Vault
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Agence France-Presse—English - 27 February 2008
'Frozen garden of Eden' seed vault blooms in Arctic
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Berlingske - 27 February 2008
Frøbank på Svalbard indvies
read more
El Mundo - Spain - 27 February 2008
Noruega inaugura en el Ártico la mayor reserva de semillas del mundo
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The Guardian - UK - 26 February 2008
Svalbard's giant cold store
watch video and read more here
The Guardian - UK - 26 February 2008
'We're losing crop diversity' - Cary Fowler on the global seed vault in Norway
listen here
Washington Post - 26 February 2008
Doomsday Vault
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New York Times - 26 February 2008
Buried Seed Vault Opens in Arctic
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BBC News - 26 February 2008
'Doomsday' vault opens its doors
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BBC News - 26 February 2008
Life in the cold store - The big day
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Reuters - 26 February 2008
Arctic “doomsday vault” for seeds opens — except GMOs
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Reuters—Spanish - 26 February 2008
Noruega inaugura el "Arca de Noé" para proteger las semillas
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Nature - 26 February 2008
'Doomsday vault' opens for business
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L'Express - France - 26 February 2008
Le monde végétal conservé en Arctique
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El Economista Online -Spain - 26 February 2008
La diversidad vegetal es un "seguro de vida" para la Humanidad
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Al Jazeera - 26 February 2008
Norway opens 'Doomsday' seed vault
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Canadian Press - 26 February 2008
Doomsday vault tunnelled into Arctic mountain to protect world's seeds
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La Voie Agricole -Canada - 26 February 2008
Une réserve à toute épreuve pour la génétique agricole
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Norway Post - 26 February 2008
Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened
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The Globe & Mail - Canada - 26 February 2008
A doomsday vault opens doors for 100 million seeds
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Reuters - 26 February 2008
Norway opens Arctic Noah's ark to protect seeds
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Reuters - 26 February 2008
Protecting seeds from global crises
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Radio Netherlands - 26 February 2008
Seeds kept for posterity in Spitsbergen
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Folha de São Paulo - Brazil - 26 February 2008
Noruega inaugura "cofre" global de sementes no Ártico
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Independent Television Network (UK) - 26 February 2008
'Doomsday' seed bank opened
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El Pais - 26 February 2008
Noruega construye un banco de semillas capaz de resistir terremotos y ataques nucleares
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Diario Montañes - Spain - 26 February 2008
El arca de Noé de las semillas
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Associated Press - 26 February 2008
'Doomsday' seed vault opens in Arctic
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Développement durable le journal - 26 February 2008
Norvège : Une banque de glace ouvre ses portes aux plantes
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Reuters - Portuguese - 26 February 2008
Noruega inaugura 'arca de Noé' para preservar sementes
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Agencia EFE - Spain - 26 February 2008
Inauguran el "Arca de Noé" en el Ártico con un depósito de 100 millones de semillas
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Sky News - UK - 26 February 2008
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CNN - 26 February 2008
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Aftenposten - Norway - 26 February 2008
En frossen Edens Hage
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Independent - Ireland - 26 February 2008
Norway's 'Doomsday Vault' holds seeds of survival
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Globe & Mail - Canada - 26 February 2008
Doomsday seed vault in the permafrost
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ABC - Spain - 26 February 2008
Hoy abren el arca de Noé de las semillas
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Mail & Guardian - South Africa - 26 February 2008
Fort Knox for seeds aims to preserve world's crops
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BBC - Brasil - 26 February 2008
Noruega inaugura 'cofre do fim do mundo' para proteger sementes
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Nationen - Norway - 26 February 2008
Gigantfrølager åpner tirsdag
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Nordlys - Norway - 26 February 2008
«Noas Ark» på Svalbard
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NTB - Norway - 26 February 2008
FAKTA: Svalbard Globale Frølager
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Yahoo News - France - 26 February 2008
Inauguration d'une "Arche de Noé" arctique pour les végétaux du monde entier
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Notimex -Mexico - 26 February 2008
Crean dentro de una montaña en Noruega depósito mundial de semillas
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Mundo Hispanico - 26 February 2008
Inauguran cámara para proteger semillas en el Artico
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Volkskrant - Netherlands - 26 February 2008
Opslag met miljarden zaden, voor tijden van oorlog
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Seattle Times - 26 February 2008
'Doomsday' Seed Vault Opens in Arctic
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CBS News - 26 February 2008
"Doomsday" Seed Vault Opens In Norway
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News24 - South Africa - 26 February 2008
'Doomsday vault' ready to open
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The Guardian - UK - 26 February 2008
In praise of ... Svalbard
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The Times - UK - 26 February 2008
'Doomsday' vault to preserve seeds under Arctic ice
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Financial Times - UK - 26 February 2008
Arctic vault to safeguard world’s seeds
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The Scotsman - 26 February 2008
Future of the world placed on ice
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Commodity Online -Australia - 26 February 2008
World seed bank gets Aussie support
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Blic - Serbia - 26 February 2008
„Trezor sudnjeg dana“ počinje s radom
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The Sun - UK - 26 February 2008
Seed the world: Disaster vault
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CBC'S The Current Radio -Canada - 25 February 2008
The Current: Part 2 - Seed Bank
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Fremover - Norway - 25 February 2008
Noahs Bank på Svalbard
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ABC News - 25 February 2008
Inside a 'Living Fort Knox,' Built to Protect Plant Seeds
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Once Noticias (Mexico)- 25 February 2008
Inauguran este martes el Banco Global de Semillas
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National Geographic - 25 February 2008
Seed-Protecting "Doomsday" Vault Opens
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BBC Radio 4 - 25 February 2008
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Eu Observer - 25 February 2008
Barroso to open 'Noah's Ark' for seeds
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High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal - US - 25 February 2008
ARS contributes seeds to Global Storage Vault in Norway
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Daily Mail - UK - 25 February 2008
Norway's 'Doomsday Vault' holding seeds of survival in case of disaster is buried in Arctic
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Adressa - Norway - 25 February 2008
«Noas Ark» åpnes på Svalbard
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The Independent - 25 February 2008
Norway's 'Doomsday Vault' holds seeds of survival
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France2 TV - 25 February 2008
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CNN - 25 February 2008
'Doomsday' seed vault to open in Norway
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Kenyan Broadcasting Corporation - 25 February 2008
Maathai to attend opening of seed vault
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The Herald - Scotland - 25 February 2008
Doomsday vault opens in bid to preserve seeds
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Commercial Appeal.com - Memphis(US) - 25 February 2008
Memphis native to help store food crop varieties in Norway
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Adnkronos - Italy - 25 February 2008
Norvegia: domani nell'Artico si inaugura l'Arca di tutti i semi del mondo
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Agence France-Presse - 25 February 2008
Le Svalbard frappé par le plus fort séisme de l'histoire de Norvège
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Philippines Inquirer Online - 25 February 2008
Biodiversity 'doomsday vault' comes to life in Arctic
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Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)- 25 February 2008
Frozen vault to keep seeds safe for the future
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Agence France-Presse–English - 25 February 2008
Biodiversity 'doomsday vault' comes to life in Arctic
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International Herald Tribune - 25 February 2008
Doomsday vault tunneled into Arctic mountain set to open to protect world's seeds
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The Hindu - India - 25 February 2008
ICRISAT's germplasm to strengthen collection at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
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BBC News - 25 February 2008
Life in the cold store
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Daily Telegraph - 16 February 2008
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: ark of the Arctic
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IRIN News - 8 February 2008
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Thirty percent less maize by 2030
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Business Day - South Africa - 5 February 2008
Arctic gene bank to keep seeds safe
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The East African - Nairobi - 5 February 2008
Arctic vault to hold 7,000 seed samples for future
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Time Magazine - 31 January 2008
The Farmers' Bank
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BBC News - 31 January 2008
'Doomsday' seeds arrive in Norway
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Daily Telegraph - UK - 28 January 2008
Noah's Ark for plants to store world's seeds
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Hindustan Times - India - 24 January 2008
Hyderabad seeds head for doomsday vault
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Terra España - 23 January 2008
México envía semillas de maíz y trigo a reserva en el Artico
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El Financiero - 22 January 2008
Envía México maíz y trigo al Ártico
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La Jornada- 23 January 2008 Preservarán semillas mexicanas en una bóveda noruega
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Radio Programas del Perú (RPP)- 23 January 2008
Papas y camotes serán guardados en bóveda del Ártico
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La Prensa - 23 January 2008
Empezarán a llenar “arca” para proteger semillas
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Planen Azul - 23 January 2008
Miles De Variedades De Cultivos De Los Cuatro Rincones Del Mundo Parten Para Una Bóveda De Semillas En El Ártico
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L'Express - 22 January 2008
Le monde végétal conservé en Arctique
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El Mundo - 29 December 2007
El refugio de las semillas
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National Geographic - 27 December 2007
"Doomsday" Vault Will End Crop Extinction, Expert Says
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Clarin - 2 December 2007
Está lista el Arca de Noé vegetal y tendrá semillas argentinas
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Wisconsin Public Radio - 29 November 2007
The Seed Bank
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Le Monde - 24 November 2007
Un réfrigérateur géant pour sauver les semences du monde
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Chicago Tribune - 21 November 2007
Svalbard's Message
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Washington Post - 19 November 2007
Facing a Threat to Farming and Food Supply
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Welt Online - 19 November 2007
Unterm Nordpol lagern Samen für die Ewigkeit
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Chicago Tribune - 18 November 2007
'Noah's Ark' for seeds plants itself in Arctic
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DR Nyheder Online (Denmark) - 17 November 2007
Dybfrosne frø sikres mod Dommedag
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The Times of India - 17 November 2007
Cooling starts for doomsday vault
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BBC - 16 November 2007
Doomsday vault begins deep freeze
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Associated Press - 16 November 2007
Cooling to Begin at Arctic Seed Bank
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The Guardian - 16 November 2007
Cooling to Begin at Arctic Seed Bank
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Agencia EFE (Spain)- 16 November 2007
El depósito mundial de semillas comienza su fase de enfriamiento
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Shanghai Daily - 16 November 2007
Seed vault closer to fruition in Norway
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NRK.no (Norway) - 16 November 2007
Her sikres fremtiden
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India News - 16 November 2007
Cooling of unique arctic biodiversity vault begins
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Star Gazete - Turkey - 16 November 2007
Kýyamet Günü Sýðýnaðý çalýþmaya baþlýyor
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ABC News - 15 November 2007
Cooling down process starts for world's doomsday seed bank on remote Arctic island
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International Herald Tribune - 15 November 2007
Cooling down process starts for world's doomsday seed bank on remote Arctic island
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Washington Post - 15 November 2007
Cooling Begins for Doomsday Seed Bank
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CBS News - 15 November 2007
Cooling Begins For Doomsday Seed Bank
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Los Angeles Times - 15 November 2007
Cooling Begins for Doomsday Seed Bank
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The Guardian - 15 November 2007
A meeting of minds tackles the big global issues
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Futura - Sciences (France) - 15 November 2007
Au Spitzberg, un réfrigérateur géant pour les semences du monde
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Yahoo News - 15 November 2007
Cooling to begin at Arctic seed bank
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Apcom (Italy) - 15 November 2007
NORVEGIA/ INIZIATO RAFFREDDAMENTO DELLA BANCA DEI SEMI
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The Observer - 11 November 2007
Frozen vault saves crops for mankind
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The Baltimore Sun - 10 November 2007
Diversity sleeps, sprouts
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BBC News - 7 November 2007
Sowing the seeds of uncertainty
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Seti Institute Science Radio - 22 October 2007
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The Christian Science Monitor - 22 October 2007
Thinkers gather to act on world problems
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Los Angeles Times- 12 October 2007
The seed bank atop the world
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Condé Nast Portfolio - November Issue 2007
Seeds of Our Future
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New York Times - 20 September 2007
Arctic Vault Takes Shape For World Food Crops
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Scientific American.com - 20 September 2007
Arctic vault takes shape for world food crops
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China Post - 21 September 2007
Arctic to safeguard world's crop seeds in case of disaster
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The Globe and Mail - Canada - 20 September 2007
Seeds saved in Norway's doomsday vault
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ABC News - 20 September 2007
Arctic vault takes shape for world food crops
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Gulf News - 21 September 2007
Arctic vault takes shape for world food crops
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Zee News Online (India) - 20 September
Arctic mountain to act as vault for crop seeds
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Yahoo! News - 20 September 2007
Arctic vault takes shape for world food crops
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Scotsman online- 20 September 2007
Arctic vault takes shape for world food crops
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Planet Ark - Australia - 21 September 2007
Arctic Vault Takes Shape for World Food Crops
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Environmental News Network - 20 September 2007
Arctic vault takes shape for world food crops
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Reuters - 20 September 2007
Arctic vault takes shape for world food crops
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Jim Lehrer News Hour Clip - Aired 13 September 2007
Norwegian Arctic Islands Hold Biodiversity Bank
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Svenska Dagbladet - 10 September 2007
Världens fröer lagras på Svalbard
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Helsingin Sanomat - 4 September 2007
Seeds Find Safety in an Arctic Cave
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The Western Australian - 31 August 2007
Noah’s Ark of seeds in Arctic vault
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The Sydney Morning Herald - 31 August 2007
Noah's Ark of seeds in Arctic vault
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Channel 4 News - UK - 31 August 2007
Arctic seeds of future renewal
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Stern - Germany - 31 August 2007
Artenvielfalt Der Samen-Bunker
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Cyberpresse - Canada - 30 August 2007
Une «Arche de Noé» verte prend forme dans l'Arctique
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Época - Brazil - 13 August 2007
A arca de Noé das plantas
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ScienceLine - 20 June 2007
Seeds On Lockdown
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Libération - 5 June 2007
L'arche de la dernière chance végétale
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WIRED Magazine - June 2007
In the Event of Global Disaster, the Ultimate Crop Backup System
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SciDev.net - 22 May 2007
Global genebanks need funds
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Western Farm Press - 15 May 2007
Protecting crop diversity in the face of disaster
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Voice of America - 30 April 2007
Seed Collection Effort Aims to Safeguard 21 Food Crops
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le Nouvel Observateur - 23 April 2007
Effort sans précédent pour sauver la diversité des cultures
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The Agenda with Steve Paikin - TV Ontario 24 April 2007
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Nature - 20 April 2007
Money given to save genetics of food
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New Scientist - 19 April 2007
Downtrodden staple crops given new homes
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Science Now - 19 April 2007
Fresh Water for Seed Banks
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International Herald Tribune - 19 April 2007
$37.5 million pledged to preserve rare crop varieties
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New York Times - 19 April 2007
Global Effort to Save Endangered Crops Gets $37.5 Million Infusion
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El Mundo - 19 April 2007
37 millones de dólares para recuperar la biodiversidad agrícola
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 19 April 2007
'Doomsday vault' near North Pole will keep species safe from war, disaster
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy - 19 April 2007
Gates Gives $30-Million to Preserve World's Crops
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Svalbard Posten - Norway - 19 April 2007
Bill Gates sponser frølageret
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E24 - Norway - 19 April 2007
Gates investerer på Svalbard
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Haugesunds Auis - Norway - 19 April 2007
Gates-penger til frølagring på Svalbard
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Spiegel - Germany - 19 April 2007
Gates finanziert Pflanzen-Arche-Noah
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Noticias24horas.com- 19 April 2007
ANTE AMENAZAS DEL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO PARA VARIEDADES NATURALES ACTUALES
Bill y Melinda Gates pagarán parte de la recolección de la información genética de los principales cultivos alimentarios del planeta
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Agencia EFE - 19 April 2007
La Fundación Gates donará 30 millones de dólares para proteger los cultivos
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Panorama - Italy - 19 April 2007
L’arca di Noè della biodiversità
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Reuters Africa - 18 April 2007
Third World crops get $37.5 mln gene storage bank
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Agence France Press- 18 April 2007
Gates grant to help poor countries contribute to doomsday seed vault
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Newsweek International - 16 April 2007
Untold Harvest
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The Scotsman.com - 14 April 2007
Storing the seeds of our salvation
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New Scientist - 17 March 2007
Sowing the seeds of survival
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KCRW’s “Good Food” program - 24 March 2007
Food Travels, Tortilla Art; Australian Bushfood - Arctic Seed Vault (10:34A)
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Radio Australia - 13 March 2007
PHILIPPINES: Rice body to secure genebank future
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Financial Express - India - 13 March 2007
IRRI fund to protect unique global rice varieties
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Los Angeles Times - 13 March 2007
Philippine Rice Institute Gets Funding
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BBC News - 12 March 2007
Deal gives rice diversity a boost
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The Gist - Smithsonianmag.com - 12 February 2007
Seeds Kept Safe in Arctic Circle Vault
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Torino Scienza - Italy - 19 March 2007
Uno scrigno di semi come tesoro dell'umanità
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Kansas.com - 12 March 2007
Philippine rice institute gets funding
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Reuters UK - 12 March 2007
Philippine rice institute gets funding boost
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Terra- Spain - 12 March 2007
Filipinas desarrollará el mayor fondo mundial de genes de arroz
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Business Week - 12 March 2007
Philippine rice institute gets funding
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Houston Chronicle - 12 March 2007
Philippine Rice Institute Gets Funding
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Forbes - 12 March 2007
Philippine Rice Institute Gets Funding
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Guardian -Uk - 12 March 2007
Philippine Rice Institute Gets Funding
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SciDevNet- 12 March 2007
'Indefinite funding' safeguards biodiversity of rice
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International Herald Tribune - 12 March 2007
Philippine research institute gets funding for world's largest rice gene bank
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San Luis Obispo- 12 March 2007
Philippine rice institute gets funding
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Reuters - 11 March 2007
Philippine rice institute gets funding boost
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Washington Post - 11 March 2007
Philippine rice institute gets funding boost
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Boston Globe - 11 March 2007
Philippine rice institute gets funding
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Seattle Post Intelligencer - 11 March 2007
Philippine rice institute gets funding
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UmweltDialog - 27 February 2007
Arche Noah im ewigen Eis
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Voice of America - 20 February 2007
Doomsday Seed Vault Provides Safety Net for Global Agriculture
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The Economist - 12 February 2007
Cold Storage
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Nature
Norway unveils design of 'doomsday' seed bank
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Berliner Morgenpost - 28 February 2007
Eine Arche Noah für drei Millionen Samen
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Welt Online - 25 February 2007
Ein Bunker für die "Quelle" der Menschheit
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Fona - Germany
Arche Noah im ewigen Eis
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Architecture Week - 14 February 2007
Svalbard · 2007.0209
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El Mundo - 12 February 2007
Presentan los planos del almacén subterráneo que albergará millones de semillas de plantas
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Forskning - Norway - 12 February 2007
Slik blir frølageret på Svalbard
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El Spectador - Colombia - 25 February 2007
El arca del cambio climático
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United Press International - Colombia
Detalles de un megaproyecto que busca soluciones frente al recalentamiento de la Tierra
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Discovery Channel - Canada - 12 February 2007
Norway to start building 'doomsday vault' next month
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OneWorld - Netherlands 12 February 2007
Ontwerp zadenkluis onthuld
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Berliner Umschau - 12 February 2007
Gewaltige Samenbank in Spitzbergen wird Wirklichkeit
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Il Mattino - 12 February 2007
Fort Knox nei ghiacci per i semi delle piante
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OE-24 - Austria - 11 February 2007