Online Press Room
Svalbard Global Seed Vault (SGSV)
CONTACT INFO
For press room information, please contact:
- Jeff Haskins or +254 729 871 422 (Kenya)
MAIN DOCUMENTS
- Media Advisory: “Doomsday Seed Vault” to Open in Arctic Circle on February 26th [English] [Français] [Deutsch] [Italiano] [Español]
- Press Release: [English] [Français] [Deutsch] [Italiano] [Español]
- Report: "The Svalbard Global Seed Vault: Securing the Future of Global Agriculture" from the Global Crop Diversity Trust [English]
- Executive Summary of Report: [English] [Français] [Deutsch] [Italiano] [Español]
- Frequently Asked Questions: [English] [Français] [Deutsch] [Italiano] [Español]
- Fact sheet: SGSV Partners
- Biosketches: Spokespeople Bios from Partner Organisations
- Story: Extraordinary Efforts Involved
- Backgrounders on seeds shipped to Svalbard
- Beans (Colombia)
- Cowpea, Soybean, Groundnut (Nigeria)
- Forage Crops for Livestock (Kenya)
- Maize and Wheat (Mexico)
- Rice (Philippines)
- Beans (Colombia)
- Please KEEP SCROLLING DOWN to see available illustrations, photos, and videos.
ILLUSTRATIONS
Note: These illustrations are provided free of charge to media provided credit information is included. Credit to Global Crop Diversity Trust. Click thumbnail for high-res versions.
| Svalbard Global Seed Vault Graphics | ||
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| SGSV Infographic (1.6MB) | Vault (2MB) | Opening day seed depositors (2.3MB) |
| Credit: Global Crop Diversity Trust | ||
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VIDEO
This video footage is provided free of charge to media provided proper credit information is included.
- Seed vault b-roll Quicktime PAL. DV Resolution 720x480 (1024x576) 25 FPS. Contact to request tape. [credit: Mari Tefre/Global Crop Diversity Trust]
- Part I: Construction of seed vault and stock shots of Svalbard (TRT 4:27, 936 MB - warning large file)
- Part II: Interview with Cary Fowler (TRT 3:26, 720 MB - warning large file)
- 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]
- Video from opening ceremony for DOWNLOAD
- Video from opening ceremony for VIEWING
- Media agenda for opening ceremony
IMAGE BANK
These photos are provided free of charge to media provided photo credit information is included. Also, more images of the vault's construction are available in the Trust's Svalbard Image Gallery
| Images of global crop diversity | |||
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| Cowpea, or black-eyed pea. Credit: IITA | Credit: Bioversity | Credit: Bioversity | |
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| Carrots. Credit: D. Cavagnaro | Wheat. Credit: Global Crop Diversity Trust | Chickpeas and lentils. Credit: ICRISAT | |
| Images of genebanks around the world | |||
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| Working with chickpeas in Syria. Credit: ICARDA | Genebank shelves in Syria. Credit: ICARDA | Sealing seeds inside packets in Peru for Svalbard. Credit: CIP | |
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| Packing seeds in Nigeria for Svalbard. Credit: IITA | Loading seeds in Philippines for Svalbard. Credit: IRRI. | ||
| The seed vault under construction | |||
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| 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 | |||
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| Credit: Mari Tefre/Global Crop Diversity Trust | Credit: Mari Tefre/Global Crop Diversity Trust | Snow and wind. Credit: Mari Tefre/Global Crop Diversity Trust | |
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| 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 | |||
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| 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 | |
| Opening Ceremony - 26 February 2008 | |||
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| FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf. Credit: Mari Tefre/Global Crop Diversity Trust | EU President José Manuel Barroso. Credit: Mari Tefre/Global Crop Diversity Trust | Norway PM Jens Stoltenberg. Credit: Mari Tefre/Global Crop Diversity Trust | |
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| Fredrik Skavlan and Cary Fowler. Credit: Mari Tefre/Global Crop Diversity Trust | Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai and Fredrik Skavlan. Credit: Mari Tefre/Global Crop Diversity Trust | Seed boxes on vault shelves. Credit: Mari Tefre/Global Crop Diversity Trust | |