freebroadcasting's video: The Svalbard Global Seed Vault -- F William Engdahl

F. William Engdahl on the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, also known as the Doomsday Vault. This is of course the vast Arctic infrastructure built to store all seed varieties and genomes on the planet, and also structurally hardened to withstand large scale catastrophes, including a nuclear strike. While the idea of building hardened installations to store the natural genetic heritage of the planet is in itself commendable, since this may turn out to be vital in an ever more environmentally desolate world, there is however a catch, and it's the following. You have to notice that this project is bankrolled by interests who are heavily established, and heavily invested, in the current order of things, as destructive on the environment as it is. In most cases, those interests have done their utmost to push for the global spread of GMO. And, the anarchic dissemination of GM material in natural habitats we have today is, of course, one of the most environmentally destructive phenomena ever: one that threatens the irreparable contamination of natural gene pools, and may even lead to species collapse and, indeed, to ecosystem collapse. While those interests promote things that will likely lead to scenarios like these, they build the Doomsday Vault to protect against the same kind of scenarios. So, how does this insurance policy work? Is it true philanthropy, or is it more of an insurance policy you know you'll have to resort to, 'Genesis Project' style, when the dynamics you've unleashed on nature for geostrategic purposes have fully unraveled? --- This is an excerpt from a lecture that was originally posted on OpenmindconferenceDK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4qA0Ue_sI4. Subscribe to their amazing channel! --- Some news stories on the Svalbard installation: TIME: Inside the ‘Doomsday’ Vault https://time.com/doomsday-vault/ The Local (Norway publication) Norway's 'Noah's Ark' seed vault chalks up a million crop varieties https://www.thelocal.no/20180227/norways-noahs-ark-seed-vault-chalks-up-a-million-crop-varieties The Guardian: The Doomsday Vault: the Seeds that Could Save a Post-apocalyptic World https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/may/20/the-doomsday-vault-seeds-save-post-apocalyptic-world NBC: ‘Doomsday’ Seed Vault Opens in Arctic http://www.nbcnews.com/id/23352014/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/doomsday-seed-vault-opens-arctic/ FAIR USE NOTICE: This video contains copyrighted material the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of issues of ecological and humanitarian significance. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material under section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material in this video is distributed without profit for educational, news reporting and research purposes. For more information go to: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17. lf you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.