# Why we're storing billions of seeds

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2009
- Speaker: Jonathan Drori
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Earth and environment
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_drori_why_we_re_storing_billions_of_seeds)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In this brief talk from TED U 2009, Jonathan Drori encourages us to save biodiversity -- one seed at a time. Reminding us that plants support human life, he shares the vision of the Millennium Seed Bank, which has stored over 3 billion seeds to date from dwindling yet essential plant species.

## Lectures

1. [Why we're storing billions of seeds](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jonathan_drori_why_we_re_storing_billions_of_seeds/a94c9aab0582), 7 min (TED's player)