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SPNL is the national partner for BirdLife International in Lebanon. We strive to conserve biodiversity for the provision of a better quality of life through sustaining sites, habitats, species, and people.
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When War Crosses the Sky: Migratory Birds Over Lebanon

Each spring and autumn, the skies above the Levant transform into one of the world’s greatest aerial highways. Hundreds of millions of birds glide...

IUCN Members Network in Lebanon Strengthens Environmental Cooperation and Launches New Media Initiatives

The IUCN Members Network in Lebanon convened an online meeting on Friday, 13 March 2026, bringing together representatives from environmental organizations and academic institutions...

The Story Behind the Hima Hammana Logo

High in the mountains of Mount Lebanon, where forests meet waterfalls and migratory birds cross the sky above the Beirut River Valley, the village...

A Municipality Steps Forward: Ebadieh Backs a Vision for the Beirut River Valley Natural Park

In a modest yet powerful gesture of environmental leadership, the Municipality of Ebadieh has formally endorsed a visionary initiative to establish a Natural Park...
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Butterflies of the Bekaa Valley: A Scientific Photographic Survey in Hima...

Documenting Biodiversity in Lebanon’s Broadleaf Oak Forest Ecosystem By Husein Ali Zorkot Amid the rolling hills and ancient broadleaf oak forests of Hima Kherbet Qanafar, a...
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When, Where, And Why Are Soaring Migrants Dying? Geographic Differences In...

Bird migration has long fascinated humanity and scientists have long puzzled over how migration evolves and how it can be maintained in natural populations....
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World Migratory Bird Day: the ultimate bi-annual celebration of the amazing...

Things kick off on Saturday 8 May 2021 with World Migratory Bird Day, the ultimate bi-annual celebration of the amazing endurance of migratory birds...
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Birds can change their traditions for the better: study shows Immigration...

Researchers at the University of Konstanz and Max Planck Institute for Animal Behavior in Germany have found that birds are able to change their...
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APU rescues swarm of storks from potential killing

Based on a tipoff from sustainable hunters saying that a flock of storks had landed in the Western Bekaa locality of ​​Safra, between Qob...
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Tackling illegal killing and saving birds from limesticks in Lebanon

As part of our effort to curb the devastating damage wreaked by the illegal killing of birds, The Anti-Poaching Unit (APU) of the Society...