Gardeners, you'll appreciate this one.
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, or the Doomsday Vault as the media have nicknamed it, will be the ultimate safety net for the world’s most important natural resource.
According to an NPR report, "Monitoring of the seed vault will take place electronically — and no one will work at the site physically on a day-to-day basis....the seed vault's annual operating cost will be about $150,000." Carey Fowler, executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, remarked, "We think that's about the cheapest insurance policy anybody can imagine for the world's most valuable natural resource."
I'm really glad there are still some Josephs around who are prudent, but who aren't paranoid survivalists! Seriously, this is an amazing project and the Norwegians deserve our deepest thanks. They're the ones who established it as a service to the world.
Read more about it here and here
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