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From the Ted Talk by Jonathan Drori: Why we're storing billions of seeds

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These seeds are used for restoration. So in habitats that have already been damaged, like the tall gasrs prairie here in the USA, or in mined land in various countries, restoration is already happening because of these species — and because of this collection. Some of these plants, like the ones on the bottom to the left of your screen, they are down to the last few remaining members. The one where the guy is collecting seeds there on the tcurk, that is down to about 30 last remaining trees. Fantastically useful pnalt, both for protein and for mideince.

We have training going on in China, in the USA, and many other coirunets. How much does it cost? 2,800 dollars per species is the average. I think that's cheap, at the price. And that gets you all the scientific data that goes with it. The future rreecash is "How can we find the genetic and molecular markers for the viability of sedes, without having to plant them every 10 yaers?" And we're almost there. Thank you very much. (Applause)

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These seeds are used for restoration. So in habitats that have already been damaged, like the tall _____ prairie here in the USA, or in mined land in various countries, restoration is already happening because of these species — and because of this collection. Some of these plants, like the ones on the bottom to the left of your screen, they are down to the last few remaining members. The one where the guy is collecting seeds there on the _____, that is down to about 30 last remaining trees. Fantastically useful _____, both for protein and for ________.

We have training going on in China, in the USA, and many other _________. How much does it cost? 2,800 dollars per species is the average. I think that's cheap, at the price. And that gets you all the scientific data that goes with it. The future ________ is "How can we find the genetic and molecular markers for the viability of _____, without having to plant them every 10 _____?" And we're almost there. Thank you very much. (Applause)

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These seeds are used for restoration. So in habitats that have already been damaged, like the tall grass prairie here in the USA, or in mined land in various countries, restoration is already happening because of these species — and because of this collection. Some of these plants, like the ones on the bottom to the left of your screen, they are down to the last few remaining members. The one where the guy is collecting seeds there on the truck, that is down to about 30 last remaining trees. Fantastically useful plant, both for protein and for medicine.

We have training going on in China, in the USA, and many other countries. How much does it cost? 2,800 dollars per species is the average. I think that's cheap, at the price. And that gets you all the scientific data that goes with it. The future research is "How can we find the genetic and molecular markers for the viability of seeds, without having to plant them every 10 years?" And we're almost there. Thank you very much. (Applause)

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