Agricultural biodiversity is the best hedge against future blights, including pests, diseases and climate change.

农作物生物多样性是对未来可能发生的病虫害、气候变化等重大灾害最好的防卫 。

Opened in 2008, the Svalbard vault is a backup for the world's 1,750 seed banks, storehouses of agricultural biodiversity.

斯瓦尔巴地窖于2008年启用，是全球1750个保存农作物生物多样性的种子库、仓 库的后援。

The idea was born of a realisation that a vast amount of agricultural biodiversity was being lost, as farmers abandoned old seeds, often locally developed over centuries, for the new hybrids.

由于农民开始放弃过去数百年里当地培育出的种子，使用新的杂交种子，那么大 量的农作物品种多样性就要流失，正是基于这一点认识，人们才开始建设种子库 ，贮存农作物各品种的种子。