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February 10, 2021
Reflections on the Dasgupta Review - “Though the report says there has been an institutional failure to adequately protect biodiversity, there are examples of success that give us clear guidance for how to transform our food systems“
January 20, 2021
‘Crop Science’ special issue shows why crops need to get wild - When the growing gets tough, the tough get pre-breeding (Landscape News)
December 18, 2020
Half of the wild relatives of major US crops are endangered (Successful Farming)
November 25, 2020
Why would anyone die for a seed? New 'House on Fire' podcast looks at the race to save genetic diversity (World Economic Forum)
November 13, 2020
An international rescue mission from Syria to Svalbard
November 6, 2020
More plant diversity, less pesticides - Species-rich plant communities help to naturally reduce herbivore impacts Mehr Pflanzenvielfalt, weniger Pestizide - Artenreiche Pflanzengemeinschaften tragen zur natürlichen Schädlingsbekämpfung bei
November 5, 2020
Diversität steigert den Ertrag und schützt die Umwelt La diversité augmente les rendements et protège l’environnement La diversità aumenta la resa e protegge l’ambiente Diversity increases yields and protects the environment
October 27, 2020
La mejora de la biodiversidad puede impulsar la rentabilidad agrícola
August 24, 2020
Custodi di semi, custodi di biodiversità (Unimondo)
July 28, 2020
Building capacity in collecting and conserving crop wild relatives
July 21, 2020
2020 Svalbard Seed Summit highlights need for genetic diversity
July 20, 2020
Changes in farming urgent to rescue biodiversity Kann die Landwirtschaft die Artenvielfalt retten?
June 30, 2020
A haven of diversity - A look at a genebank for Pacific crops and trees
June 23, 2020
The Crop Trust’s Seeds4Resilience project: Safeguarding key crops in national genebanks in Africa - A chat with Project Manager Nora Castañeda-Álvarez
June 16, 2020
The twin values of an indigenous seed bank: providing food security and preserving culture (Cosmos)
June 9, 2020
Berlin-Brandenburgisches Projekt - Wie Forscher alte Gemüsesorten wiederbeleben wollen (RBB24)
June 8, 2020
The African Orphan Crops Consortium - Addressing Africa's nutrition challenges by strengthening indigenous crops (AllAfrica)
May 26, 2020
Pandemics aren’t limited to people: How the world’s most famous seed vault defends plants against their next big outbreak (The Counter)
May 22, 2020
Preserving the legacy of biodiversity - Maize and wheat seeds from all over the world are preserved at the CIMMYT genebank, used to bring new varieties to farmers, and backed up at the Global Seed Vault
May 18, 2020
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the Global Seed Vault Il Trattato Internazionale e il Deposito Globale di Semi delle Isole Svalbard
May 1, 2020
Svalbard, A day in the life - Touching base with Åsmund Asdal, Seed Vault Coordinator, NordGen
Los trece científicos rusos que defendieron hasta la muerte unos paquetes de semillas - Los investigadores evitaron que los nazis se llevaran un tesoro vegetal durante el sitio de Leningrado (ABC)
April 28, 2020
Is a pandemic the time to think about genebanks?
Supercharging the next generation of climate-smart crops in Sub-Saharan Africa - EUR 20 million project to boost genebanks’ efforts to conserve and share samples of key staple crops will drive climate resilient and diversified food production
April 14, 2020
USA - A “library” for safeguarding our food supply: The USDA/ARS National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation in Fort Collins, Colorado
April 9, 2020
Safeguarding biodiversity is essential to prevent the next COVID-19 - Experts share their insights on the link between biodiversity loss and emerging infectious diseases
March 24, 2020
‘Tip of the Iceberg’ by Stefan Schmitz, Crop Trust Executive Director
March 23, 2020
Forget the woolly mammoth -- Let's resurrect some extinct plants (Gizmodo)
March 18, 2020
Stanford researchers uncover benefits of diversified farms for protecting wildlife and buffering against climate change - The researchers found that farms with diverse crops planted together provide more secure, stable habitats for wildlife and are more resilient to climate change than the single-crop standard that dominates today’s agriculture industry
February 24, 2020
World’s food systems rely on biodiversity - FAO Director-General urges “robust” outcome from Convention on Biological Diversity negotiations
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