Hima Anjar Youth Explore the Birds of Ammiq Wetland
An educational visit under SPNL’s PROZHUM project, funded by AFD, brought young people into the field to learn about birds, wetland habitats and responsible...
Unmaking the Trap: A Joint Effort Clears 63,030 Square Metres of Illegal Bird Nets in Lebanon
Four hours of fieldwork in northern Lebanon removed 24,750 square metres of trapping nets—building on an earlier operation in the northern Bekaa and showing...
Five New Himas Double the Network in SPNL’s West Bekaa Project Area
New sites in Kefraya, Saghbine, Lala, Baaloul and Joub Jannine bring the project area’s Hima network to ten.
SPNL’s fieldwork and engagement with municipalities in...
Making Dairy Wastewater Treatment Work in West Bekaa
Assessments of nine factories highlight the need to combine suitable technology with operator training, maintenance and affordable running costs.
Installing a wastewater treatment system is...
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...
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...
Strengthening the ecological and socio-economic resilience of West Bekaa and Mount...
As part of MAVA funded project "Strengthening the ecological and socio-economic resilience of West Bekaa and Mount Lebanon landscapes through sustaining their cultural practices",...
Protecting nature has bigger economic benefit than exploiting it
A new study analysing sites across the world has found that in most cases, economic benefits are higher when habitats are conserved or restored...
Save the date: BirdLife online auction starts on 29th March
Treat yourself to something special while supporting BirdLife’s important work in our 8-day exclusive auction, starting on Monday. All proceeds will go towards the...
Hornbills sent to school, turtle-dove hunting exposed
Bird Conservation International journal highlights the complexities of reintroducing hornbills to the wild, the truly devastating scale of European Turtle-dove hunting, and a newly-identified...
