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VIDEO: Protecting seeds from global crises
25 Feb 2008 16:36:00 GMT
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Feb 25 - An underground vault has been built to store a collection of the world's seeds in case of global crises like climate change or major wars.

The Svalbard Seed Vault in Norway - dubbed the Doomsday Vault - will be opened on Tuesday.

The seeds will be stored inside a mountain and can remain frozen even without electricity.

Andrew Potter reports.




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