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New 7 Wonders of Nature (2007–2011) was an initiative started in 2007 to create a list of seven natural wonders chosen by people through a global poll. It was the second in a series of Internet-based polls led by Swiss-born Canadian Bernard Weber [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and organized by the New 7 Wonders Foundation, [ 3 ] a Swiss-based foundation which ...
The New 7 Wonders of the World was a campaign started in 2001 to choose Wonders of the World from a selection of 200 existing monuments. [1] The popularity poll via free web-based voting and telephone voting was led by Canadian-Swiss Bernard Weber and organized by the New 7 Wonders Foundation (N7W) based in Zurich, Switzerland, with winners ...
A similar contemporary effort to create a list of seven natural (as opposed to human-made) wonders chosen through a global poll, called the New 7 Wonders of Nature, was organized from 2007 to 2011 by the same group as the New 7 Wonders of the World campaign.
The city is one of the New 7 Wonders of the World and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [6] The area around Petra has been inhabited from as early as 7000 BC, [7] and was settled by the Nabataeans, a nomadic Arab people, in the 4th century BC.
Seven Natural Wonders is an organization that was created with the mission of protecting and promoting the natural wonders of the world. The project was launched in 2008 in response to the New 7 Wonders efforts to change the natural wonders of the world.
On January 28, 2012, Malacañang expressed elation over the official inclusion of the Puerto Princesa Underground River (PPUR) in the world's New Seven Wonders of Nature. "Confirmation that the Puerto Princesa Underground River is one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature is welcome news indeed.
The park includes the three larger islands Komodo, Padar and Rinca, and 26 smaller ones, with a total area of 1,733 km 2 (603 km 2 of it land). The national park was founded in 1980 to protect the Komodo dragon, the world's largest lizard. Later it was dedicated to protecting other species, including marine species.
The Jeita Grotto was a candidate for the New 7 Wonders of Nature competition. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] [ 36 ] It was selected as one of 28 finalists and is the only cave to be selected among the nominees. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] The New7Wonders Foundation announced the new wonders of nature in 2011.