“We’ve been waiting for this moment for six years,” said Luis Guersch Pereira, Director of the Plant Genetic Resources Center of Spain’s National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA-CSIC), describing the challenges they had to overcome to make this first deposit. Spain’s deposit contained 979 seed samples of 102 species. This is an important contribution to fostering regional and global biodiversity and the recognition of Lithuanian seed breeders, who are celebrating the 100 th anniversary this year," said Simonas Gentvilas, the Lithuanian Minister of Environment. “The Nordic Centre for Genetic Resources will ensure the preservation of Lithuania's most valuable plant seeds for future generations. Lithuania deposited 123 seed samples of 28 varying species, including forage plants as well as cereals and vegetables, in the -18 degree Celsius Global Seed Vault. It was an occasion for the two countries to celebrate. Two days later a box arrived from Lithuania. Svalbard, Norway – 11 June 2022: Through clear Arctic skies, the small plane carrying 10 precious boxes of seeds from Spain arrived at Svalbard airport on the morning of the 7 th of June. Svalbard Global Seed Vault Welcomes First Ever Seed Deposits from Spain and Lithuania Training and Capacity Development Programme.Selected Information Resources, Useful Links and Outreach Events.Interrelations between the International Treaty and the relevant international instruments of UPOV and WIPO.Actions and initiatives by the Governing Body on Farmers’ Rights.Submissions on the implementation of Article 6.The Ad Hoc Technical Committee on Sustainable Use.Implementation of Programme of Work on Sustainable Use of PGRFA. Submissions on digital sequence information (DSI).International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
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