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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.
Author Fowler, Cary, author.
Publication Info. Westport, CT : Prospecta Press, an imprint of Easton Studio Press, 2016.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  631.521 FOW    Check Shelves
Edition First Edition.
Description 160 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Subject Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
Svalbard (Norway).
Climatic changes -- Risk management.
Seeds -- Climatic factors.
Biodiversity -- Climatic factors.
Seed supply.
Germplasm resources, Plant.
Germplasm resources conservation.
Germplasm resources -- Storage.
Added Author Tefre, Mari, photographer.
Richardson, Jim, 1947 December 5- photographer.
ISBN 1632260573 (hardcover) : $45.00
9781632260574 (hardcover)
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