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Deep in the Arctic, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault stores backup seeds for the future of food.

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The idea in context

It is designed as insurance against the loss of crop diversity from war, disaster, disease or neglect, storing duplicate seeds from gene banks around the world. The quiet idea is profound: civilisation depends on seeds, and seeds need memory too.

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Aynı kart, başka bir dilde.

Kuzey Kutbu'na yakın Svalbard Küresel Tohum Deposu, gıdanın geleceği için yedek tohumlar saklar.

Savaş, afet, hastalık ya da ihmal yüzünden ürün çeşitliliği kaybolmasın diye tasarlanmış bir güvence sistemidir; ülkelerin gen bankalarındaki tohumların yedek kopyalarını tutar. Sessiz fikri derindir: Medeniyet tohuma dayanır; tohumların da hafızaya ihtiyacı vardır.

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Crop Trust Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Sources: https://www.croptrust.org/what-we-do/programs/svalbard-global-seed-vault/ ; https://www.seedvault.no/

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