Svalbard Global Seed Vault
OverviewHistoryConstructionMissionTripartite agreementAccess to seedsSeed storageCrop TrustThe Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Norwegian: Svalbard globale frøhvelv) is a secure backup facility for the world''s crop diversity on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen in the remote Arctic Svalbard archipelago. The Seed Vault provides long-term storage of duplicates of seeds conserved in genebanks around the world. This provides security of the world''s food supply against the loss of seeds in genebanks due to mismanagement, accident, equipment failures, funding cu