Difference between revisions of "Seed Banks versus De-extinction (Biotechnology and Society 2016)"

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The extinct passenger pigeon.

One seed at a time, protecting the future of food Cary Fowler TED Talk Jul 2009.
The dawn of de-extinction. Are you ready? Stewart Brand TED Talk Feb 2013.
Bringing Them Back to Life Carl Zimmer National Geographic Magazine April 2013.

Svalbard Global Seed Vault – Click through the tour to learn about the details of the seed vault. What additional layer of security does it have beyond locks and CCTV? How many samples do they have right now?
Sowing For Apocalypse John Seabrook The New Yorker Aug 27, 2007.
Syrian seed bank gets new home away from war Shaoni Bhattacharya Nature Oct 5, 2016.

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 ==== Required Reading/Viewing ====
-* [https://www.croptrust.org/what-we-do/svalbard-global-seed-vault/ Svalbard Global Seed Vault]<br>Click through the tour to learn about the details of the seed vault. What additional layer of security does it have beyond locks and CCTV? How many samples do they have right now?
+* [https://www.croptrust.org/what-we-do/svalbard-global-seed-vault/ Svalbard Global Seed Vault] – Click through the tour to learn about the details of the seed vault. What additional layer of security does it have beyond locks and CCTV? How many samples do they have right now?
 * [http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/08/27/sowing-for-apocalypse Sowing For Apocalypse] John Seabrook ''The New Yorker'' Aug 27, 2007.
 * [http://www.nature.com/news/syrian-seed-bank-gets-new-home-away-from-war-1.20725 Syrian seed bank gets new home away from war] Shaoni Bhattacharya ''Nature'' Oct 5, 2016.