Where is the World Seminar

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n 2006, under the auspices of the United Nations, a global seed bank (Svalbard Global Seed Vault) was established for planting stock of all agricultural plants in the world. The project was funded by Norway and cost $ 9 million. Each country has its own compartment in this bank of plants. The task of such a repository of seeds is to prevent their destruction as a result of possible global catastrophes, such as the fall of an asteroid, a nuclear war or global warming. The seats inside are enough for 4.5 million seeds.

The repository is located at 120-meter depth at an altitude of 130 m above sea level in the village of Longyearbyen. The bank is equipped with explosion-proof doors and lock chambers. The safety of the materials is ensured by refrigeration units capable of operating on local coal, as well as permafrost. Even if the equipment fails, it must pass at least several weeks before the temperature rises by 3 ° C. Seeds are placed in sealed envelopes, which, in turn, are packed in plastic four-layer bags, which are placed in containers, standing on metal shelves. Low temperature (-18 ° C) and limited access to oxygen should ensure low metabolic activity and slow the aging of seeds.

Spitsbergen was chosen for a seed storage bank because of permafrost and small tectonic activity in the archipelago area. P.S. Spitsbergen is a vast polar archipelago located in the Arctic Ocean. The northernmost part of the Kingdom of Norway. The archipelago and coastal waters are the demilitarized zone. The islands have two official languages - Norwegian and Russian, to visit the archipelago does not need a visa.

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