On my our last blog post, we reported how unacceptable being 2nd was in the rankings. A few days later we see our beloved underground river as 1st place again...then the Amazon...then us again. I didn't blog about it since it was a neck to neck race. BUT! Suddenly out of the blue, the Manovo-Gounda St. Floris now number 1 in our category. It was a total shocker. From rank 31 to number 1? woah. We need to get voting! However, though it has covered A LOT of ground. The candidate does not have an OSC (official supporting committee) which is a requirement to be in the final 21.
On another note, the Coral Triangle is now ranked at 6th place.
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Monday, March 23, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Number Two
Will we settle for number 2?
Sad news really. As of Feb. 23 '09, the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River has been over taken by the Amazon.
What's to say?
I know, I know. The Amazon is world known and an icon, blah blah blah. But aren't we too? Isn't this supposed to be our time? Sure, it's rankings you say, but rankings say a lot, and God knows how they'll affect the selection of the top 21?
So what are you waiting for? Campaign! Vote!
See Rankings here.
Sad news really. As of Feb. 23 '09, the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River has been over taken by the Amazon.
What's to say?
I know, I know. The Amazon is world known and an icon, blah blah blah. But aren't we too? Isn't this supposed to be our time? Sure, it's rankings you say, but rankings say a lot, and God knows how they'll affect the selection of the top 21?
So what are you waiting for? Campaign! Vote!
See Rankings here.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
New Rankings for round 2!
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Philippines—The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park on Tuesday topped the live ranking in the category of forests, national parks and nature reserves in the ongoing global search for the new seven wonders of the world.
Occupying 2nd and 3rd place in the live ranking were the Amazon rainforest (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, etc) and the Sundarbans delta (Bangladesh/India), respectively.
Buoyed by a successful campaign last year that catapulted the underground river to the top spot among entries that made the cut into the second round of voting, the city government has set its sights on a massive local and international campaign to draw votes for the famed local attraction.
It has scheduled a campaign launching activity on Saturday that would be attended by ranking cabinet officials and various support organizations.
“We are stepping up our campaign by tapping into the vast network of supporters, nationally and globally, who have visited the underground river. We’ve done it before and we will do it again,” said Mayor Edward Hagedorn.
The organizer, the New7Wonders foundation, was founded by Swiss-Canadian aviator Bernard Weber. There are 261 nominees in seven categories, namely, landscapes and ice formations; islands; mountains and volcanoes; caves, rock formations and valleys; forests, national parks and nature reserves; lakes, rivers and waterfalls; and seascapes.
Log on to www.new7wonders.com to vote and for more information.
On January 1 this year, the first stage or the national qualification ended. Online voting has entered the second stage for the nomination. Online voting for nominees will continue through July 7.
A panel of experts, under the leadership of Federico Mayor, former Unesco director-general, will review the top 77 nominees and choose the 21 finalists to be announced on July 21. Redempto Anda, Inquirer Southern Luzon
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Also, The CORAL TRIANGLE is now 3rd in group G: seascapes. :)
Sunday, January 18, 2009
How's our chances?
Now that we've got out sites set on the next stage coming this July. Let's see the criteria on how they'll choose the 21 finalists.
1. Unique beauty of the nominated site;
2. Diversity and distribution (accounted for in 7 groups);
3. Ecological significance (in terms of either stand-alone eco-systems and/or their significance for human beings);
4. Historical legacy (relation that human beings and/or indigenous populations have or have had with the site);
5. Geo-location (even distribution of the 21 Official Finalists between all continents).
1. Unique beauty of the nominated site;
2. Diversity and distribution (accounted for in 7 groups);
3. Ecological significance (in terms of either stand-alone eco-systems and/or their significance for human beings);
4. Historical legacy (relation that human beings and/or indigenous populations have or have had with the site);
5. Geo-location (even distribution of the 21 Official Finalists between all continents).
DO YOU THINK WE'LL MAKE THE CUT?
FINGERS CROSSED.
leave a comment. :)
FINGERS CROSSED.
leave a comment. :)
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Underground river in New7Wonders semis
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY -- The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, one of the country's top natural attractions and recognized as a World Heritage Site by the United Nations, was announced Wednesday as the Philippine's winning entry to the second and final round of an ongoing global search for the seven new wonders of the world.
In the search being spearheaded by a Zurich-based international organization, the underground river bested six other local natural attractions in 2008's internet-based voting campaign.
The Coral Triangle region, shared between the Philippines and five other countries and representing majority of the world's corals and marine-based species, also made the cut of 226 sites from among the original 441 entries from various countries that took part in the 2008’s initial stage of voting.
"We congratulate the successful qualifying locations from the Philippines and wish them the best of luck in the second phase of voting," said Tia Vering, head of communications for the Zurich, Switzerland-based New7Wonders, in a statement.
She noted the strong and enthusiastic participation of the other national nominees that were not proceeding, many of whom already benefited from a significant increase in worldwide awareness.
READ FULL STORY HERE!
New Candidate? Coral Triangle?
As we were checking the various candidates that made it in the next round, boy, were we surprised to see ANOTHER candidate from the Philippines...well not completely. You see we share it with other ASEAN neighobors. I wonder how this will affect the Philippines in n7w. Right now, it has NO supporting committee.
INDONESIA/ MALAYSIA/ PAPUA NEW GUINEA/ PHILIPPINES/ SOLOMON ISLANDS/ TIMOR-LESTE
The Coral Triangle is a geographical term referring to the waters of Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste with an abundance of coral reef. It is listed by World Wildlife Fund as one of the top priority for conservancy of marine life and the focus of its WWF Coral Triangle Program launched in 2007. The Coral Triangle has been identified as covering more than 1,600,000,000 acres (6,500,000 km2), with over 600 reef-building coral species which encompasses 75 percent of all species known in the world. More than 3,000 species of fish live in the Coral Triangle, including the largest fish - the whale shark, and the living fossil coelacanths.
Coral Triangle
INDONESIA/ MALAYSIA/ PAPUA NEW GUINEA/ PHILIPPINES/ SOLOMON ISLANDS/ TIMOR-LESTE
The Coral Triangle is a geographical term referring to the waters of Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste with an abundance of coral reef. It is listed by World Wildlife Fund as one of the top priority for conservancy of marine life and the focus of its WWF Coral Triangle Program launched in 2007. The Coral Triangle has been identified as covering more than 1,600,000,000 acres (6,500,000 km2), with over 600 reef-building coral species which encompasses 75 percent of all species known in the world. More than 3,000 species of fish live in the Coral Triangle, including the largest fish - the whale shark, and the living fossil coelacanths.Clearing things up,
okay. you may be a little confused by the events that just occurred. Let's clear things up and check the FAQ.
There are three stages in the New7Wonders of Nature campaign: the National Qualification, the Nomination stage and the Finalist stage:
There are three stages in the New7Wonders of Nature campaign: the National Qualification, the Nomination stage and the Finalist stage:
- On 1 January 2009, only one national nominee per country will be allowed to proceed: the highest ranked in the voting on 31 December 2008. Therefore until the end of 2008, countries with more than one nominee will be racing to choose the national representative that is allowed to continue into 2009. Nominees shared by more than one country will remain and continue into 2009.<----CHECK
- In the Nomination stage, voting for nominees will continue through July 7, 2009. Then the New7Wonders of Nature Panel of Experts, under the leadership of Prof. Federico Mayor, former Director-General of UNESCO, will review the top 77 nominees and choose the 21 finalists, to be announced on 21 July 2009.
- For the Finalist stage, the 21 New7Wonders of Nature Finalists will be put to popular vote in July 2009. Voting will continue throughout 2010 and into 2011. During this time, the New7Wonders World Tour will visit each of the Finalists to allow them to present themselves to the voters across the globe.
The final declaration of the New7Wonders of Nature will be in 2011.
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