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PROTECTING WILDLIFE: Senator Cynthia A. Villar, chair of the Senate committee on environment, and a known environmental advocate, joins (L-R): Biodiversity Management Bureau Director Mundita Lim, U.S. Ambassador Sung Y. Kim, Environment Sec. Gina Lopez, and Deputy Mission Director of United States Agency for International Development Clay Epperson during the launch of the P1.2-billion "Protect Wildlife" project in Quezon City. The U.S. government, through the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines’ United States Agency for International Development (USAID), partnered with the DENR to launch a new biodiversity conservation project that will help protect and manage the Philippines’ diverse habitats and species.