The New 7 Wonders of Nature
This past weekend, Jeju Island celebrated their win in being chosen as one of the provisional new 7 Wonders of Nature. The winners were announced on theNew7Wonders Web site by Bernard Weber, founder and president of New7Wonders Foundation, from its headquarters in Zurich at 4:07 a.m. Korean time [source].
It is possible that there will be changes between the above provisional winners and the finally confirmed winners. The provisional winners were selected based on the first count of votes (a 2 year vote), and were chosen from 28 locations spanning the globe. Voting ended Friday (11/11/11) at 11:11 a.m GMT. The winners will be officially announced in 2012 [source].
When asked about the idea behind the New 7 Wonders, Bernard Weber said, “There are some places in the world where people can’t vote. We like to think that we can make a contribution by getting people to participate in democracy,” Fitzgerald said. Projects like the New 7 Wonders of Nature, he said, do that, and “help raise digital literacy.” [source]
The provisional winners are:
the Amazon in South America
Halong Bay, Vietnam
Iguazu Falls, Argentina and Brazil
Jeju
Komodo National Park, Indonesia
Puerto Princesa Underground River
the Philippines
Table Mountain, South Africa
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