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Cases / Law, regulation and treaties · Norway · date not stated

ICARDA reportedly withdrew Aleppo seeds from Svalbard in 2015; not verified

Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.

Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
  • The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
What the record lacks: 1 none on record · 2 insufficient · 1 not measured See the gaps

A withdrawal of seed samples from the Svalbard Global Seed Vault for ICARDA's Aleppo collection is reported, but the sources reviewed do not verify it. The Crop Trust reported in June 2026 that the vault held 1.4 million samples.

What?
The Svalbard seed vault held 1,401,285 samples in June 2026; the reported ICARDA withdrawal is not verified Crop Trust
Where?
Svalbard, Norway (seed vault); Aleppo, Syria (ICARDA collection, reported) Crop Trust
When?
Vault count as of 17 June 2026; withdrawal reported for 2015 and not verified Crop Trust
Who?
Gained
None on record
Lost
None on record
Harmed
None on record
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Not verified in the sources reviewed.
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who

What happened

The record, in order.

The Crop Trust reported on 17 June 2026 that the Svalbard Global Seed Vault had reached 1,401,285 seed samples.

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • Insufficient Reported but not verified: ICARDA withdrew 38,073 accessions from Svalbard in 2015 and re-established its Aleppo collection in Lebanon and Morocco.
    • Insufficient Reported but not verified: the Svalbard Global Seed Vault page cited for the withdrawal claim.
    • None on record Not stated in the sources reviewed: whether any payment or benefit was shared with Syria or with the communities that supplied the seeds.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

    Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts— Press and investigations✓ Communities and civil society— Researchers

    Communities and civil society

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