Syrian researchers withdraw seeds from the ‘Doomsday’ Vault
Nov 22, 2015 6:22:47 GMT -6
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Post by Rickster on Nov 22, 2015 6:22:47 GMT -6
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I think everyone already knew there a global seed vault in the arctic of Norway. What I didn't know it has countries actively working on storing seeds in the same vault. I thought this was considered 'Doomsday' because it was filled, stored and waiting for the SHTF scenario all of 'Tin Hatters' always worry about. I found it interesting you can add and remove when you want. I also found it interesting the dastardly Assad dictator let something like this happen in his country and was willing to let research transpire spending the money. Sounds like maybe we have been fed some hyperbole on just how bad the regime was and the need to take it over.
This Doomsday seed vault when I first heard of it struck me much the same as the underground bunkers did. The rich and powerful are preparing for some sort of calamity and hiding it from the public world wide...
"Deep in the Arctic, nestled inside an icy island lies one of humanity’s backup plan: the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Open in 2008, the center houses seeds from virtually all the plants on the planet be them wild, domesticated or genetically modified. In case of a global calamity of any kind (nuclear war *cough), these seeds would be put to good use if a species is faced with extinction or research is required on such seeds. This is precisely why the first withdrawal request from the vault was made by Syrian researchers.
While there’s no nuclear war in Syria, things are pretty rough over there. The researchers at International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) had to move their work from their head quarters in Aleppo, Syria to Lebanon. The problem is that all the seeds which the researchers use are located in Aleppo, and while these are supposedly safe and in cold storage, the vicinity is ravaged by war and too dangerous. To continue their work, the Syrian Researchers asked the vault to return 130 of the 325 boxes that they dropped off containing drought-resistant crop seeds, including wheat, barley, and grasses. This means 116,000 out of a total of 860,000 stored at the Svalbard Vault.
Though Norway owns the global seed bank, the first of its kind, other countries can store seeds in it and remove them as needed. The genes in the seeds may someday be needed to adapt crops to endure climate change, droughts, blights, and other potential catastrophes. Luckily, the vault is replenished constantly and the withdrawal shouldn’t cause any vulnerability. “Protecting the world’s biodiversity in this manner is precisely the purpose of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault,” spokesperson Brian Lainoff said."
While there’s no nuclear war in Syria, things are pretty rough over there. The researchers at International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) had to move their work from their head quarters in Aleppo, Syria to Lebanon. The problem is that all the seeds which the researchers use are located in Aleppo, and while these are supposedly safe and in cold storage, the vicinity is ravaged by war and too dangerous. To continue their work, the Syrian Researchers asked the vault to return 130 of the 325 boxes that they dropped off containing drought-resistant crop seeds, including wheat, barley, and grasses. This means 116,000 out of a total of 860,000 stored at the Svalbard Vault.
Though Norway owns the global seed bank, the first of its kind, other countries can store seeds in it and remove them as needed. The genes in the seeds may someday be needed to adapt crops to endure climate change, droughts, blights, and other potential catastrophes. Luckily, the vault is replenished constantly and the withdrawal shouldn’t cause any vulnerability. “Protecting the world’s biodiversity in this manner is precisely the purpose of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault,” spokesperson Brian Lainoff said."
I think everyone already knew there a global seed vault in the arctic of Norway. What I didn't know it has countries actively working on storing seeds in the same vault. I thought this was considered 'Doomsday' because it was filled, stored and waiting for the SHTF scenario all of 'Tin Hatters' always worry about. I found it interesting you can add and remove when you want. I also found it interesting the dastardly Assad dictator let something like this happen in his country and was willing to let research transpire spending the money. Sounds like maybe we have been fed some hyperbole on just how bad the regime was and the need to take it over.
This Doomsday seed vault when I first heard of it struck me much the same as the underground bunkers did. The rich and powerful are preparing for some sort of calamity and hiding it from the public world wide...