🧐 *Did you know?*
❄️ In the Arctic, far beyond the reach of everyday life, lies *humanity’s most important backup plan*.
⛰️ Inside a *mountain near the North Pole*, the world comes together to *protect the foundation of our food*.
🧬 More than *1.3 million seed samples*, from over *6 500 plant species* and stored by 131 depositors, are *preserved* here, representing *crop diversity* from around the world.
🌡️ Stored at −18°C, these *seeds can remain viable for centuries*, ready to restore crops in case of disaster or loss.
📜 Through the *International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources*, which provides the legal framework for the *Svalbard Global Seed Vault*, countries work together to *conserve crop diversity*.
🤝 The Svalbard Global Seed Vault stands as a *symbol of global cooperation, securing biodiversity, food security* and our shared future.
🌱 *Because it all starts with seeds* 👉🏽
https://www.fao.org/plant-treaty/areas-of-work/the-multilateral-system/svalbard/en/