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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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Hima

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...
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Photographer Mohamed Ali Haimour

My name is Mohamed Ali Haimour, and I was born in the town of Jeb Jennine. Since I can remember I've always had a...
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Please welcome SPNL’s 25th Hima at West Baalback

3 October 2018  was an important day for SPNL welcoming the Union of West Baalback municipalities decree to declare the region of West...
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First confirmed breeding of two bird species and other interesting records...

GHASSAN RAMADAN-JARADI, FOUAD ITANI, BASSEL ABI JUMMAA, ASSAD SERHAL, MAHER OSTA, SAMER AZAR & MAHER ROUHANA Summary: The known status of seven bird species in...
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Homat Hima Ras ElMaten to Ottenby and Falsterbo: Bird protection cooperation...

Four selected Lebanese youth from Homat ElHima in Ras El-Maten lived unforgettable experiences in Sweden. Omar Selim Salha and Sama Choucair from Al Manar school....
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SPNL Launched the Arabic Version of #FlightForSurvival

This autumn, BirdLife continues to tell the spectacular migratory stories of seven iconic birds. Last spring, our magnificent seven made nature’s most incredible journey...
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Releasing a healed condor

This young male condor had been found badly wounded, starving, with broken wings, in Catamarca, northern Argentina, near the Andes range where they belong....