Komodo island is the new 7 wonders of the world.

Komodo island is the new 7 wonders of the world.New Seven Wonders of the World was a project that attempted also to update the seven wonders of nature. The aim is to highlight and celebrate the beauty of our planet in order to foster greater respect of humans for the earth’s fragile equilibrium of nature, and mission statement for this campaign is: “If we want to save anything, we first need to truly appreciate it” (Bernard Weber, Founder New7Wonders).

There are currently 28 candidates to compete to be part of New Seven Wonders of Nature. Komodo Island is an island located in the Nusa Tenggara Islands. It is known as a habitat for native animal dragons. This island is known also with the Komodo National Park which is managed by the Central Government. Thus we can promote Komodo Island is the new 7 wonders of the world.

Komodo Island is one of the 17,508 islands that make up the Republic of Indonesia. The island has a surface area of 390 km² and over 2000 inhabitants. The inhabitants of the island are descendants of former convicts who were exiled to the island and who have mixed themselves with the Bugis from Sulawesi. The populations are primarily adherents of Islam but there are also Christian and Hindu minorities.

On the island of Komodo, dragon animals live and breed well. Until August 2009, on this island there are a bout 1,300 dragon’s tail. Coupled with other islands, such as the island of Rinca and Gili Motang, their numbers totaled about 2500 tails. There are also approximately 100 individuals’ dragons in Wae Wuul Nature Reserve on the mainland island of Flores, but not including the Komodo National Park.

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