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RE: The Svalbard Global Seed Vault celebrates its 10-year anniversary by reaching the 1,000,000-seed sample milestone!
Great post. This project needs much more publicity because it is not only important but an achievement in how far we have come in agraculture. Not only can we prepare for doomsday scenarios but we can possibly prevent the extinction of various species and carry-on on the legacy of regions ruined by disaster, climate change and human meddling.
Yeah, it has some great purposes besides a doomsday scenario.
Why do you think so? It's certainly well-known from the perspective of scientific institutions, and most universities that offer some agricultural degree has already deposited the seeds from their region. I mean, it's great that people know about it, but I don't really think it needs a PR campaign.
Not so much a PR campaign but just a general awareness. People are woefully uninformed about these types of projects. This one in particular case actually interests people and they have no idea. I just think there is no harm in getting news out about projects that benefit the species cross culturally. Everyone seems to agree for once on this idea and that good will can foster further global projects.