This facility lies inside of a mountain in Nordenskjöld Land on the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway.
It is a vault that contains humanity’s ultimate food security. So it is called as doomsday vault.
Norway’s government owns the vault.
Depositors retain ownership rights.
India has sent around 9.5 crore seeds to Svalbard
Why in news?
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault — referred to as the earth’s ‘doomsday vault’ — now contains about 1.05 million seeds is facing great existential threat due to global warming.
Svalbard
Why in news?
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault — referred to as the earth’s ‘doomsday vault’ — now contains about 1.05 million seeds is facing great existential threat due to global warming.