118 Lebanese Environmental NGOs Endorse the “Hima for Peace” Initiative
SPNL to expand the initiative through engagement with ten ministries and launch it internationally in Nairobi on 8 September 2026
A broad coalition of 118...
SPNL Publishes New Guide Celebrating Hima Niha and Hima Hardine: Two Sister Villages, One Living Heritage
The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) has released a new bilingual publication presenting Hima Niha and Hima Hardine as two...
Launch of the “Hima Niha Park” in Batroun During the “Homat Al Hima Forum” Under the Patronage of the Minister of Youth and Sports
Under the patronage and in the presence of Minister of Youth and Sports Dr. Nora Bayrakdarian, the Homat Al Hima Forum was held in...
CALL FOR SUPPORTING COMMUNITY-LED CONSERVATION INITIATIVES
During the declaration of the “Garden of the Patriarchs–Diman” as a Hima within the Qadisha Valley on 6 August 2026, SPNL Director General Assaad...
Birdlife launches workshop to address illegal killing, trading of birds
BirdLife International, in collaboration with the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature, BirdLife's partner in Jordan, launched the regional workshop " A Road...
Hammana Raptor Count 2021: Bird watching is an exciting autumn event
Despite all international bird watchers’ cancellation of trips due the nationwide circumstances, Hammana raptor count 2021, proved again that nature prevails against all the...
SPNL’s Fish and Wildlife Unit is on track to help conserve...
The Fish and Wildlife Unit (FWU), launched by SPNL earlier this year to support fish and wildlife conservation across different habitats in Lebanon, is...
First complete pterosaur from Lebanon: insight into pterodactyloid diversity
Abstract
Despite being known from every continent, the geological record of pterosaurs, the first group of vertebrates to develop powered flight, is very uneven, with...
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) released back into the wild
In the past days we released another rehabilitated birds back into the wild. Three out of four Common Kestrels were illegal hunting casualties recovered.
After...
Patricia Zurita: “We need a new economic system based on nature”
The head of BirdLife International on why safeguarding other species is inseparable from ensuring humanity’s own survival.
In 1995, a young Patricia Zurita was researching...
