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07 April 2025, Rome, Italy – The Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculturelaunched the newly redesigned homepage for the Global Information System (GLIS) on Plant...
International Treaty & Vine and Wine
18 March 2025
18 March 2025

Collaborating for Conservation
Dijon, France, 10 March 2025 – The Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (International Treaty) participated in the Technical Meeting on Genetic Resources and Vine Selection...

A Conversation with Alwin Kopse
Alwin Kopse of Switzerland is the Chair of the Eleventh Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty (GB-11), a position he was unanimously elected to at the Tenth Session...

Hosted by International Plant Treaty & International Plant Protection Convention
21 February 2025, Rome, Italy – The Secretariats of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the
Journey of seeds: From farms to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
25 February 2025
25 February 2025

Georgia, Malawi and Zimbabwe deposit over 2000 accessions.
Longyearbyen (Svalbard Islands), Norway, 25 February 2025 — The Svalbard Global Seed Vault marked its 17th anniversary today by opening its doors to receive nearly 14 000 deposits of seeds from around...