A group of Indigenous Paiwan leaders have transferred 170 varieties of millet seeds to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. This is Taiwan's first contribution to the Arctic seed bank which seeks to protect and conserve plant species in the event of a "doomsday" scenario.
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00:00 The first batch of Taiwanese millet seeds have arrived at a doomsday vault in Norway.
00:05 Taiwan's first contribution to this Svalbard global seed vault includes a hundred and seventy varieties of millet.
00:12 Indigenous Taiwan leaders who send the seeds say millet is culturally significant to them as they traditionally measure time by crop cycles.
00:20 It's also a drought tolerant and disease resistant crop, making it a valuable contribution to the seed bank.
00:27 The Arctic facility houses over a million seeds from countries around the world.
00:32 With climate change threatening biodiversity, it aims to protect and conserve plant species for the future.
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