His present engagement as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for the Philippine Environment strengthens his efforts on environmental protection. In June 2022, Mr.  Cervantes was awarded as the regional Outstanding PAMB member through the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Saringgaya Awards. To date, Mt. Isarog PAMB is reorganizing and strengthening the  “Bantay Bundok” with its new name, Mt. Isarog Guardians, composed of a new brood of young and innovative environmental protectors.  

He has been a member of the Camarines Sur Provincial Agrarian Reform Coordinating Committee  (PARCCOM) since 2011. He uses this platform to become the voice against unlawful and premature conversion of agricultural lands, thus protecting the land tenure security of the farmers. Through his efforts to  advocate farmers’ rights, the value of land for the expropriation of land for the Naga Airport Reorientation  Project increased from PHP88,000 per hectare to PHP1.6 million per hectare. He pushed for the conduct of  project facilitation sessions in the Bicol Regional Development Council (RDC) to ensure due process in the  conversion of agricultural lands and the rights of farmers and agrarian reform beneficiaries to receive just  compensation. He pushed for the cancellation of private land titles inside timberland and watershed areas  through the Regional Land Use Committee of the RDC. With these, in June 2022, he received a Plaque of  Recognition from the Presidential Agrarian Reform Council commending his leadership and invaluable  contributions to agrarian reform.  

He has been regarded as a volunteer who selflessly shares his time, talent, and treasure. Carmel Agri-Learning  Farm is being managed by Mr. Cervantes and his wife who is also an agriculturist and a volunteer who has a  heart for others. Since Carmel Agri-Learning Farm is accredited by the Department of Agriculture (DA)- Agricultural Training Institute, Mr. Cervantes was able to forge partnerships with other volunteers, schools, universities, and government agencies like the Commission on Higher Education, and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority to make it an effective learning site for senior high school, and college students. Guided by his goal to make agriculture more interesting among the youth, Mr. Cervantes and his wife offer free practical and experiential training in agriculture, as well as free lodging and food to the students. Together with the teachers, they conduct pre-immersion orientation and interviews for the students to gauge their knowledge and level of appreciation of agriculture. After immersion in Carmel Agri-Learning Farm, the students had transformed behavior and positive perceptions towards agriculture and fishery, such that 100  percent of the beneficiaries who applied for TESDA certification successfully obtained TESDA National  Certificate Level 2 Qualification. Most of the immersion students from senior high school had changed perspectives and decided to take agri-related courses in college.  

Mr. Cervantes has a long list of volunteer work. He has continuously engaged in community service and  development. His passion for uplifting the AFF sector has landed him seats at different organizations and  councils, such as: (a) Pili Peoples for Empowerment, Inc. and local development councils where he provided  valuable inputs to policies and local investment programs; (b) Bicol RDC, where he serves as the private sector  representative for farmers. As a PSR, he was able to develop and lobby project proposals for the benefit of the AFF sector, such as (a) Dairy animal infusion to support the operation of the Bicol Federation of Dairy  Cooperative, amounting to PHP11.5 million through the DA Region 5; (b) production of essential oil using  various herbs and fruit trees, through DA Region 5, amounting to PHP 4.5 million with the Tabang Bikol Movement as the proponent; (c) tourism road leading to Mt. Isarog (DM Junction to Curry, Tinangis and  Binanuaanan Road Project) amounting to PHP 250million through the DPWH; and (d) production and  marketing System for high-value crops, amounting to PHP 49 million, through DA Region 5.  

He commits to continue living up to his lifelong philosophy of serving the people.