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2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

21. The Millennium Seed Bank—Their Conservation Roles and the Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Author : Kodoth Prabhakaran Nair

Published in: Combating Global Warming

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

According to FAO statistics (FAO 2010), more than 2500 botanical gardens and 1750 gene banks exist worldwide.

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Metadata
Title
The Millennium Seed Bank—Their Conservation Roles and the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Author
Kodoth Prabhakaran Nair
Copyright Year
2019
Book
Combating Global Warming

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-23036-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-23037-1

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23037-1_21