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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...

Sen. Cynthia A. Villar has rabidly pushed for continuing government commitment and a more extensive public participation in the conservation of natural wetlands in the country, as she led other environmental champions in the observance of the 2018 World Wetlands Day held at the Las Pinas Parañaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area (LPPCHEA) or also known as Las Pinas-Paranaque Wetland Park.  “We are all environment warriors with a common end-goal: to protect and conserve our environmental jewels. In the worldwide vision where green technology and urban development become twin partners, the Philippines and its leaders should and must learn to adapt to international efforts so we can grow alongside the world and not be left behind,” Villar, who is the chairperson of the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, said during the short program which preceded a clean-up activity that kicked off the local observance of the international celebration, which has...