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• Title:Seeds on ice : Svalbard and the Global Seed Vault / Cary Fowler ; photographs by Mari Tefre, with additional photographs by Jim Richardson.
  
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• Author/Creator:Fowler, Cary, author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Tefre, Mari, photographer.
  Richardson, Jim, 1947 December 5- photographer.
  Doyle Partners, designer.
  
• Published/Created:Westport, CT : Prospecta Press, an imprint of Easton Studio Press, [2016]
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY reserve collectionWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: SB118.32 .F69 2016
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
  Climatic changes--Risk management.
  Seeds--Climatic factors.
  Biodiversity--Climatic factors.
  Seed supply.
  Germplasm resources, Plant.
  Germplasm resources conservation.
  Germplasm resources--Storage.
  Svalbard (Norway)
  
• Genre/Form:Illustrated works.
  
• Edition:First Edition.
  
• Description:160 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
  
• Summary:Closer to the North Pole than to the Arctic Circle, on an island in a remote Norwegian archipelago, lies a vast global seed bank buried within a frozen mountain. At the end of a 130-meter long tunnel chiseled out of solid stone is a room filled with humanity's precious treasure, the largest and most diverse seed collection ever assembled: more than a half billion seeds containing the world's most prized crops, a safeguard against catastrophic starvation. The Global Seed Vault, a visionary model of international collaboration, is the brainchild of Cary Fowler, renowned scientist, conservationist, and biodiversity advocate. In SEEDS ON ICE, Fowler tells for the first time the comprehensive inside story of how the "doomsday seed vault" came to be, while the breathtaking photographs offer a stunning guided tour not only of the private vault, but of the windswept beauty and majesty of Svalbard and the enchanting community of people in Longyearbyen. With growing evidence that unchecked climate change will seriously undermine food production and threaten the diversity of crops around the world, SEEDS ON ICE offers a personal and passionate reminder that we shouldn't take our reliance on the world of plants for granted--and that, in a very real sense, the future of the human race rides on this frozen and indispensable biodiversity.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-155).
  
• ISBN:1632260573
  9781632260574
  
• Contents:Foreword / Professor Sir Peter Crane
  Preface
  Svalbard : journey to the top of the world
  Seeds and food
  Collecting and conserving
  Losses and threats
  Importance and use of crop diversity
  Svalbard Global Seed Vault
  Planning
  Construction
  Step inside
  Management policies and practices
  Administrative structures and financing
  The first seed withdrawal
  Looking forward
  Appendices
  Resources
  For the record : institutions and people
  Acknowledgments
  Photo and map credits
  About the author and the photographers.