"By collecting and storing seeds, we can bring plants back to life even if they have disappeared in the wild." In #China, the Germplasm Bank of Wild Species has collected more than 80,000 samples from more than 10,000 wild plant #species.
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Aug 11, 2019 · 11:13 AM UTC

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Norway has had this in place since 2008 regjeringen.no/en/topics/foo…
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What’s the point if there’s no viable habitat left for them due to overpopulation, desertification, and agriculture? Or are the Chinese thinking ahead and preparing for a period of world domination in a depopulated world after the ‘event’...?
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Every country should have some kind of seed bank to keep plants from going extinct in this unpredictable future. Climate change has an effect on everyone in this world, even if you don’t believe in it.
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On ira les planter en antarctique quand il y poussera des cocotiers, dans une trentaine d'années. #ClimateCrisis
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There are many crop seed #genebanks around the world, explore them on @GenesysPGR
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Important.
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If only the same could be done for extinct animals. Hopefully one day!
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Wonderful job😍😍 We must take this as an example in Africa..