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. :)
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