Food security - Conservation of crop diversity

Climate change, resurgent diseases and a growing population are all having an impact on global food security. It's an important nut to crack – and part of the solution is a vast library of seeds.

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Doomsday vault is opened

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is dug deep into the frozen rock of an Arctic mountain. Though there are around 1,400 seed banks currently in existence, the doomsday vault is unique in its design as a fail-safe 'back-up' resource for other facilities across the world. At a depth of 130 m inside its host mountain, the vault is impenetrable to any missile known today, and is designed to withstand earthquakes and other natural disasters.

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Nuclear fallout could poison food supply

In a potential nuclear conflict, fallout could contaminate fisheries and poison food supplies, according to formerly classified British military documents.

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