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Poland’s Masurian Lake District receives New7Wonders of Nature Recognition Award

Bernard Weber, Founder-President of New7Wonders, presented the first New7Wonders of Nature Finalists Recognition Award to Poland’s Masurian Lake District today in Warsaw, the capital of Poland. The Masurian Lake District, one of the top 14 Finalists in the global voting campaign, received the New7Wonders of Nature Finalists Recognition Award “For the most visible local, national…

• Sep 27 2012

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New7Wonders of Nature Recognition Award for Poland’s Masurian Lake District

Bernard Weber, Founder-President of New7Wonders, will present the first New7Wonders of Nature Finalists Recognition Award to Poland’s Masurian Lake District at government buildings in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, on Thursday, 27 September. The Masurian Lake District, one of the top 14 Finalists in the global voting campaign, receives the New7Wonders of Nature Finalists Recognition…

• Sep 25 2012

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Ruler of Dubai votes for Bu Tinah Island

His Highness Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai yesterday voted for Bu Tinah Island to become one of the New7Wonders of Nature during a visit to the Bu Tinah Experience, a replica of the island created by the Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi on the Abu…

• Nov 01 2011

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Send us your photos of New7Wonders of Nature voters

We’ve got lots of photos of young voters, but what we’d really love to see are images of older voters. Have you got one that you’d like to share with the New7Wonders community? Send it to me, Eamonn Fitzgerald at fitzgerald@n7w.com, and I’ll make sure that people all over the world will be able to…

• Oct 19 2011

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The Bu Tinah Experience on the Corniche

Abu Dhabi’s Environment Agency (EAD) 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 that rescues injured animals and…

• Sep 29 2011

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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 in the New7Wonders of Nature,…

• Sep 16 2011

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Voting for Bu Tinah Island at ADIHEX 2011

The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) is promoting Bu Tinah Island, a Finalist in the New7Wonders of Nature, at the Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition (ADIHEX) this week. The island of Bu Tinah lies in the Marawah Marine Biosphere Reserve, and is home to unique coral reefs, mangroves, endangered Hawksbill turtles, dugongs,…

• Sep 14 2011

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The wonderful world wide mangrove

Is there anything that the humble mangrove cannot do? Along with being an important source of food and fuel, mangrove forests provide wood for building houses and ships because of its firmness and resistance to rot. Mangrove forests also make a significant contribution to the preservation of the environment by preventing coastline erosion caused by…

• Aug 04 2011

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Flamingo back in Abu Dhabi after ten-year absence

The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) says that the Greater Flamingo is once again breeding in the Al Wathba Wetland Reserve. Bu Tinah Island, off the coast of Abu Dhabi and one of the 28 Official Finalists in the New7Wonders of Nature, is also home to hundreds of flamingos. “The breeding by flamingos in…

• Jul 21 2011

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Mona Al Mansouri is making waves with her clothes

In February this year, designer Mona Al Mansouri made international news with one of her gowns at the Bride Show in Abu Dhabi. Its motifs of marine life were intended as a representation of Bu Tinah Island, one of the 28 Finalists in the New7Wonders of Nature. Such was the reaction that the decision has…

• Jul 15 2011

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