What is the Svalbard Global Seed Vault?
Q: What is the Svalbard Global Seed Vault?
A: The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a seed bank in Norway that is located on the island of Spitsbergen in the Arctic Svalbard archipelago.
Q: Where is the Svalbard Global Seed Vault located?
A: The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is located on the island of Spitsbergen, near Longyearbyen, in the Arctic Svalbard archipelago in Norway.
Q: Why was the Svalbard Global Seed Vault created?
A: The Svalbard Global Seed Vault was created to save many different kinds of plant seeds in case the seeds in other places around the world are lost.
Q: Who worked with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) to start the vault?
A: Conservationist Cary Fowler worked with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) to start the vault.
Q: Who decided how to manage the Svalbard Global Seed Vault?
A: The Norwegian government, the Global Crop Diversity Trust (GCDT), and the Nordic Genetic Resource Center (NordGen) decided how to manage the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
Q: Who paid for building the Svalbard Global Seed Vault?
A: The Norwegian government paid for building the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. It cost about 45 million Norwegian kroner (US$9 million) to build.
Q: Who pays to operate the Svalbard Global Seed Vault?
A: Norway and the Global Crop Diversity Trust (GCDT) pay to operate the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The GCDT gets money from organizations such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and from different governments worldwide.
