Abu Dhabi's Environment Agency is launching the "Bu Tinah Experience" to raise awareness on the region's biodiversity. Housed in a large white dome on the Abu Dhabi Corniche, the "Bu Tinah Experience" features a lagoon with turtles and a mangrove nursery. The turtles are part of a rehabilitation initiative…
Celebrating the source of the Amazon in Peru
In 1996, an expedition team led by the Polish adventurer Jacek Palkiewicz confirmed the source of the Amazon River at the foot of Mount Quehuisha in the Peruvian Andes. Today, Jacek Palkiewicz is an Ambassador of the Masurian Lake District, one of the 28 Official Finalists in the New7Wonders of…
New7Wonders launches Facebook voting app
New7Wonders has launched a new Facebook app that allows members of the world's largest social network to vote for the New7Wonders of Nature. The app is part of a multimedia strategy designed by New7Wonders to involve people worldwide in basic democracy using the latest technologies.
If you are a member…
Diplomats unite for the New7Wonders of Nature
Goodwill and friendship between the 28 Finalists in the New7Wonders of Nature was the theme of an event hosted on Jeju Island at the weekend by the Jeju National Committee Chairman Professor Chung Un Chan and Jeju Governor Woo Keun Min.
Representatives from a number of countries at Ambassador, Consul General…
Poland makes a final push for Masurian votes
Thursday was "World School Vote Day" in all schools and educational institutions in Poland and in Polish institutes internationally for the Masurian Lake District, the country's Finalist in the New7Wonders of Nature. The initiative was supported by Poland's Ministry of Education.
The World School Vote Day" was preceded by a press…
Royalty voting for Bu Tinah Island
His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zazed Al Nahyan, son of the founder of UAE, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, was one of the many visitors to this week's Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition who voted for Bu Tinah Island, one of the 28 Official Finalists…
Vietnam and the Philippines united by nature
The Philippines and Vietnam have agreed to support each other in the New7Wonders of Nature campaign. The decision was reached at the East Asia Inter-Regional Tourism Forum standing committee meeting yesterday in Cebu City.
The commitment to support the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River in the Philippines and Vietnam's Halong Bay…
Table Mountain outreach boosts internet access
South Africa's iconic Table Mountain is one of the 28 Finalists in the New7Wonders of Nature, and this has inspired the Vote for Table Mountain campaign to reach out to underprivileged communities in and around Cape Town by providing a platform to learn about the internet.
The campaign has…
President Lee’s touch screen vote for Jeju
South Korean President Lee Myungbak voted for New7Wonders of Nature Finalist Jeju Island while visiting the city of Kwangju for the 2011 Regional Development Week convention. The president cast his vote using a newly-developed touch screen interface that has been developed with an eye on the marketing and advertising sectors.…
Happily covered in Canadian mud
Brothers Jeff and Chris Eagar, hosts of the Great Canadian Adventure Tour, are on a coast-to-coast trip that's designed to capture the essence of the country on video and bring it to a wider world. When they recently arrived on the Nova Scotia side of the Bay of Fundy, Canada's…