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  Sen. Cynthia Villar stressed anew the importance of wetlands in providing wildlife habitats, including as sanctuary of migratory birds. On the occasion of the World Migratory Bird Day, Villar said the Las Pinas-Paranaque Wetland Park (LPWP) located South of Manila Bay, has served as resting and feeding grounds for migratory birds coming from Japan, China, and Siberia. “Wetlands have a unique characteristic and serve a lot of functions that is why these areas are protected and preserved,” Villar said. Villar, chairperson of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, authored Republic Act 11038 or the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas Act or E-NIPAS Act, which lists the Las Pinas-Paranaque Wetland Park as a protected area. The park is a 175- hectare nature reserve providing sanctuary to 82 species of wild bird including Philippine ducks, Chinese egret, and the Black-winged stilts.   It has 36 hectares of mangrove forest, the thickest and most diverse among ...

Senator Cynthia A. Villar led the celebration of the  Zero Waste Month and the 1st anniversary of the Battle of Manila Bay at the Las Piñas – Parañaque Wetland Park. Mrs. Villar was joined by Philippine Alliance for Recycling and Materials Sustainability (PARMS) President Crispian Lao, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairman Danilo Lim and Department of Environment and Natural Resources-National Capital Region (NCR) Executive Director Jaquie Caancan. The event was sponsored by the Villar SIPAG in partnership with Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB), Philippine Alliance for Recycling and Materials Sustainability (PARMS,  DENR Environmental Management Bureau, DENR Solid Waste Management and LGU concerns, Manila Bay Coordinating Office, National Solid Waste Management Commission, DPWH, MMDA, PNP- Maritime Group, Philippine Navy,  Philippine Coast Guard – Marine Environmental Protection Manila Bay Sun...

Sen. Cynthia Villar led the groundbreaking ceremonies which sets into motion the construction of the Wetland Center at the Las Pinas-Paranaque Wetland Park. The groundbreaking also marks World Wetlands Day, an annual celebration held on February 2 to commemorate the day the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands was adopted in 1971. This year’s theme is Wetlands and Climate Change. “It is only fitting that we mark this special day with the groundbreaking for the facility that will make visiting the Las Pinas-Paranaque Wetland Park, the only Ramsar site in the country situated in an urban setting, more convenient and educational,” Villar said. The wetland center, which is a donation from the Villar Family, will house a restaurant, a training center, a museum, a souvenir shop and a satellite office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). WETLAND CENTER GROUNDBREAKING. VISITING the Las Pinas-Paranaque Wetland Park, the only Ramsar site in the country  in an...

Public service is a calling that not everyone can competently and ably deliver, Sen. Cynthia A. Villar said as she rallied career executives and rank-and-file employees to put more heart and integrity in their service to the government. “Public service is a difficult career. You put long hours and great effort in delivering services to the people, at times, if not more often, sacrificing personal time and choices for the greater good of the majority. I have much respect and appreciation to those who opt to work in government over the private sector, which is more financially stable,” Villar said before career executives of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) who partook in an eco-tour, clean-up and tree planting activity at the Las Pinas Parañaque Wetland Park. DENR career executives gathered at the Las Pinas Paranaque Wetland Park as part of the 45th Founding Anniversary of the Career Executive Service Board (CESB), which has for its theme, ‘Serbisyo ...

Senator Cynthia A. Villar led coast lovers and environmental warriors in picking debris and garbage littering the stretch of the 175-hectares Las Piñas-Parañaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area (LPPCHEA) in celebration of this year's International Coastal Clean-Up Day. Villar was quick to shed off her working clothes and put on her gloves as she joined some 1,352 volunteers clean up trash in the 20 stations set up within the Las Pinas Paranaque Wetland Park, one of Ramsar Convention’s Wetlands of International Importance. Villar, who is the chairperson of the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, said the public’s cooperation in the mission to protect and conserve the environment is amply reflected in this year's theme of the International Coastal Clean-up Day, which is “Tayo ang Solusyon sa Polusyon.”  "I am happy to see so many volunteer cleaners this morning! The high number of volunteers for this cleanup drive is a testament to the gr...