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Engineers Begin Critical "Cooling Down" of Arctic Seed Vault LONGYEARBYEN, NORWAY (16 NOVEMBER 2007)—Refrigeration units began pumping chilly air deep into an Arctic mountain cavern today, launching…

History's Biggest Biological Rescue to Save 100,000 Crop Varieties Rome, Italy (15 February 2009)—Only two years after launching an ambitious effort to save endangered crop species, the Global…

One-Year Anniversary of Seed Vault LONGYEARBYEN, NORWAY (26 February 2009)—Four tons of seeds - almost 90,000 samples of hundreds of crop species - from food crop collections maintained by Canada,…

New Grant Award System Announced ROME, ITALY (22 May 2009)—The Global Crop Diversity Trust announced today numerous new grant awards to support scientists to explore the millions of seed samples…

Crop Trust Enters into Long-term Grant Agreement with SPC ROME, ITALY (June 4, 2009) - The Global Crop Diversity Trust recently entered into a grant agreement with the Secretariat of the Pacific…

Food Security Experts Warn of Global Hunger from Climate Change ROME, ITALY (18 November 2009)—Alarmed by a substantial oversight in the global climate talks leading up to the United Nations Climate…

Red Hot Chili Peppers Arrive in Svalbard Global Seed Vault LONGYEARBYEN, NORWAY (11 July 2010)—A new collection of some of North America’s hottest foods—an eclectic range of New World chili…

Global Project Underway to Preserve Yam Biodiversity BENIN (8 September 2010)—Farmers and crop scientists worldwide are engaged in an ambitious new effort to add 3,000 yam samples to international…

Scientific Community Calls To Halt Destruction of Pavlovsk Station ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA (9 September 2010)—Momentum behind a global effort to save Europe’s most important collection of fruits…

Norway Pledges to Support Crop Wild Relatives ROME (10 December 2010)—The Global Crop Diversity Trust today announced a major global search to systematically find, gather, catalogue, use, and save…