Celebrated Russian seed bank fights for its land

[cory777]

Source: Associated Press

PAVLOVSK, Russia – The world's first seed bank survived World War II thanks to 12 Russian scientists who chose to starve to death rather than eat the grain they were saving for future generations.

Now the Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry's seed bank is in danger again, this time because of court-approved plans to rip up its vast fields of genetically diverse plants and build fancy homes on the prime real estate they occupy near St. Petersburg.

International organizations dedicated to agricultural diversity have appealed directly to President Dmitry Medvedev to save the Pavlovsk Agricultural Station, which they say could be crucial for sustaining fruit crops around the world as climate change and other threats weaken existing varieties.

Medvedev has ordered an investigation, but with the first plot of station land to go on the auction block on Sept. 23, scientists worry that a decision may come too late.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100820/ap_on_sc/eu_russia_saving_seeds

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[w4rma]

1. Money men want more money no matter the destruction they cause. (nt)

[T Wolf]

4. And seriously - how much do they fucking need? It really is a game - the world is their casino

that is burned to the ground as they walk out the door with their "winnings" that they have the god-damned gall to call earnings.

They don't even look back to see the size of the conflagration they caused.

[ensho]

2. hope Putin does the right thing and saves the seeds

nt

[izquierdista]

3. Name a flower after him

I believe the kimjongilia is protected in North Korea. No one in their right mind there would think of disturbing them.

[JJ Walker]

5. Gentrified planet

Nothing left to eat.

[MsPithy]

6. Destruction of genetic diversity is a disaster.

Honestly, humans are lucky breathing is controlled by the autonomic nervous system, we are so fucking stupid we might forget to breathe.

[Kelvin Mace]

7. Each day I become more convinced

that a comet hitting this planet would raise the average IQ of the universe at least 50%

[SOS]

8. The great robbery of the Russian farmer

by Wall Street and London is an unreported crime.
Rolling Stone published an article about the hedge fund parasites who bought land
from starving Russian farmers for a bushel of wheat per acre.
The Wall Street bloodsuckers believe that food shortages and wars are coming and they are buying land now in anticipation of great profits.
The single largest private landowner on the African continent is a hedge fund manager from New York.