Spain confirms participation in Svalbard Dome, the global scientific infrastructure for crop conservation

The Svalbard dome is a world scientific infrastructure that is located on one of the islands of the arctic archipelago of Svalbard and stores more than 1 million seeds of different crops from almost every country in the world; the largest collection of agricultural biodiversity. This material, also known as plant genetic resources, forms the basis of almost all our food. The project is sponsored by FAO, the international organization Global Crop Diversity Trust (CROP Trust), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Norwegian government, which has made the installation a commitment to the conservation of plant genetic resources with a view to being able to meet the challenges posed by climate change and other possible global threats if necessary. The Spanish plant genetic resources conservation system established by Law 30/2006, of July 26, on seeds and nursery plants, is based on a system of duplicates or backup copies of active or exchange collections. The Plant Genetic ...