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According to FAO statistics (FAO 2010), more than 2500 botanical gardens and 1750 gene banks exist worldwide.
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Nair, K.P. (2019). The Millennium Seed Bank—Their Conservation Roles and the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. In: Combating Global Warming . Springer Climate. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23037-1_21
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